Cary Grant in Town&Country

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Rich,

I’m just working my way through the book now. So far, it looks great.

One question. On page 25 in second full paragraph, you write that the suit in North by Northwest (1959) was made by Kilgour. During the scene in hotel room at the Ambassador East, when Grant takes off his coat (“a lot in twenty minutes”), one can see the maker’s label, but I can’t quite make it out. It does not quite look like Kilgour’s. How did come across that fact that it was Kilgour? Did you see any original documents to back it up?

Thanks.

According to Carlo Brandelli, Kilgour's current creative director, Kilgour made the suits for North by Northwest. Now they're just called Kilgour, but perhaps back then, in 1959 or os, it was still Kilgour, French & Stanbury, so the label might've gone through some changes.

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Perhaps Kilgour just fitted George Kaplan?

LOL. Good one!

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For those of you well-dressed gents in London interested in CG Style, an excerpt from the book is pending in The Telegraph.

RT