Part of the allure is that unusual colour. “I know that they had this enormous fitting with Caterina for Casino Royale which lasted for hours and the gown they selected was the very first thing she tried on which just happened to be mine. We’re talking about the various designs Packham has created for the Bond films when we ask how the dresses are picked to appear in the films. She wanted this beautiful pomegranate colour,” says Packham across the table in her London office as she chats to 007.com. Packham was responsible for creating the modern classic satin dress worn by Solange (played by Caterina Murino) in 2006’s Casino Royale but she is quick to share the plaudits: “Costume Designer Lindy Hemming came to us and she really had a colour in mind for the dress for Solange. I don’t think you should fight that at all.” “Obviously when I think of Bond films, they have to be glamorous. Jenny Packham knows exactly what she expects from a 007 movie. You can imagine original Bond girl Ursula Andress wearing the enchanting silhouettes, just as you can envision Léa Seydoux doing French-girl bombshell fashion in Jenny Packham in the latest movie.Style Dressed To Kill With Jenny Packham Designer Jenny Packham On Two Decades Of Bond Glamour The list goes on each piece jaw-dropping, yet ageless. There’s the Dr No dress – a smouldering scarlett chiffon gown inspired by the slinky number Sylvia Trench wore when the secret agent first introduced himself as “Bond – James Bond” the Goldfinger gown – a caped confection speckled with sequins and crystals that calls to mind the image of Jill Masterson, painted in gold, lying on Bond’s bed – and the dramatic Octopussy design, with its daringly high slit and waterfall draping reminiscent of a head-turning costume modelled by Maud Adams. Shot by Greg Williams at Isabel’s in London, the campaign pictures look glossy enough to be the promo shots for No Time To Die which, incidentally, comes out around the same time the Jenny Packham X 007 collection drops in 10 of the world’s most renowned department stores.

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