I
recently mentioned that some expensive clothes were showing Bellamy artwork and here's another article, care of
GQ Magazine. To quote GQ:
For the anniversary, the 130-year-old British brand is
releasing a series of pocket squares and ties all featuring the
vehicles of the famous disaster-preventing family. Each of the silk
squares not only features the outline of each of the vehicle's
repeated in a kaleidoscopic pattern, but is colour co-ordinated to
its paint job (for example, Thunderbird 2 is green, Thunderbird 3
is red and Lady Penelope's Rolls-Royce is pink).
More important to me is that one of the 12 designs has Frank Bellamy artwork
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| Turnbull & Asser Pocket Squares |
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| Turnbull & Asser Pocket Squares |
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| Turnbull & Asser Pocket Squares |
The ties on the other hand feature an homage to the
programme's resident neckwear master, Brains, with a pattern
featuring his trademark bow tie and glasses (as well as a lining
printed with a comic strip from the cartoon drawn to accompany the
series back in the 1960s).
Superfans can get their hands on them right now
online, or even better, via a visit to Turbull & Asser's
impressive new outpost in London's Mayfair.
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| Turnbull & Asser Tie |
Apparently Turnbull & Asser have the Royal Warrant as "shirtmaker to the world's most eminent gentlemen since 1885." The square's full specifications are:
- 100% pure silk
- 16 1/2" x 16 1/2" (42cm x 42cm)
- Hand Printed
- Hand Rolled Hem
- Made in England
and the thing you need to know is they cost £80! There appear to be 12 pocket square designs and 4 ties. The ties (£125) have a lining using the same Frank Bellamy artwork as the squares which comes from TV21 #155 from the story "Heart of the iceberg".
The full episode is reproduced below for your pleasure and if anyone at Turnbull & Asser wish to donate any to me for this free publicity, I'm more than happy to receive them (I'm such a tart, as my eldest brother tells me!)
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| TV21 #155 |
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| TV21 #155 |
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