1970’s Cyril Castle Purple Velvet Jacket

Description

1970’s Cyril Castle Purple Velvet Jacket

Fabulous quality item, dated February 1970. Original buttons. Two side pockets. Chest pocket. Purple paisley print lining. Double vent.

Condition: Excellent

Chest: 40 inches
Shoulder to Shoulder: 18 inches
Shoulder to Cuff: 25 inches
Length: 33 inches

Cyril Castle was a celebrated Mayfair tailor, known for dressing Roger Moore’s James Bond in the 1970s, introducing 1970s styles like flared trousers and wider lapels, contrasting with Connery’s classic look, though his shop wasn’t on Savile Row, he was part of the wider London tailoring scene that influenced it, with his shop near Anthony Sinclair’s, a key figure in the original “Conduit Cut”.