I really like the idea and I think it's WAY better than both Craig movies combined, needless to say. LOL I like the amount of action just fine and I love the idea behind Moneypenny's arrival. Great. You really did a good job!
The Italian names need some fixing
But that's ok. For example it's Colomba D'Oro... and it's Cagliari. And Lega Sarda (not Liga Sardinia). You seem to know quite a few things about Sardinian bandits? LOL They luckily haven't been at work for quite a while now, in terms of getting media attention, but I swear to you, even in Costa Smeralda where all the nouveau riche go now, there are places where one is SCARED to even drive. Costa Smeralda used to be for the rich, now it's nouveau riche, very sad. The actually classy people go to Forte dei Marmi, in Tuscany. Or well.. some uber exclusive areas of Costa Smeralda in Sardinia, where there's little to none of the soccer players, showgirls and no trace of Berlusconi plus his court. UGH.
Ahahah that style quote is priceless. And absolutely true. I can spot a foreigner, even when they think they're "well-dressed", ESPECIALLY if man, from miles away. I do not know what it is with men abroad. I'm talking in average obviously, not that everyone is like that. Nowadays especially there are those who learnt how to pick clothes that fit and combine them appropriately. But it's still a very small percentage. How do tailors and Alessandra make that comment? Here are a few points, that may be useful for the shopping/tailor scene:
The jackets on foreigners never fit right. They almost always have shoulders that are too broad, and they always need to be a size less at the very least, in order to have a minimum of "line". They're always too straight in cut, while instead they need to have a waistline (yes even for men). And when it's a suit... the trousers are almost always A)way too large and B) too short.
Then there's the socks. This is a majorly important chapter. The details make a gentleman, remember!
It is absolutely, completely and totally forbidden by the Italian canons of elegance to wear short socks. Or those horrid mid-calf socks. And that's what the vast majority of foreign men wear. Tragedy
. Socks must be right under a man's knee. And they must be made with a special type of extra fine cotton or extra fine wool. And no, you cannot and must not wear multi-colored socks (or socks with puppets, dots, and stuff). Ever. Or even worse, white. There is a saying in Italian that nothing turns off a woman like a man with white socks, ESPECIALLY short white socks.
Funny, but true. Navy Blue, Charcoal/Light Grey, Black, Burgundy, Dark Brown, Beige/light blue (for the summer, with beige suits). That is it. No other sock colors allowed!
Next chapter: the shirts and ties. OMG. Too long to explain, but basically here too: allowed colors for Oxford shirts are light blue and white mainly. With an appropriate outfit you can wear a navy blue or black shirt, but that must be VERY carefully examined, because the gangster look is right around the corner with those. The navy blue is fine with a light grey suit or a beige one. But no tie in that case, it's for a more casual suit look. That is IT in terms of colors as far as shirts for suits are concerned. That means no you don't wear a pink shirt with a suit, no you don't wear a light violet shirt with a suit (seen it countless times LOL. Especially in London! And I'm talking the City, since that's where my company's headquarters were). No you don't wear pastel green (seen that too) or any other combination of pastel color.
You can wear Vichy checkered (that means very small squares) shirts (white and various shades of blue rigorously) or striped shirts. BUT they must be discreet. And careful, the tie with those must be strictly one color. No stripes, no drawings, no squares. One color that matches the stripe or square color in the shirt. And there's no wearing striped shirts with pin-striped suits. Those require strictly a white or light blue Oxfort shirt. LOL this is getting WAY too long.
And most of all, the deal breaker: THE SHOES. If everything else is fine (which, hardly ever it is), I swear the shoes are wrong in 99% of cases. Always with outdated styles, thick soles (horror) or the Dolce & Gabbana latest which is even worse LOL. So basically yeah, what Alessandra (what a nice name haha
) tells Craig is exactly the reaction a stylish Italian would have when seeing a "well-dressed" foreigner.
There ARE people who are well dressed abroad as well. But Italians just have a different flare when wearing things. Bottomline, an elegant, classy, stylish Italian is very hard to beat. I HAVE seen well-dressed British and American men. They were dressed like Italians
Now really there are many American stylists I love, who make great things. Same applies to Burberry or Barbour or Church's for the English (except Church's was bought by us Italians a few years ago
). The problem is just the people don't know how to pick and wear them in most cases. Again this is a broad generalization, so don't take offense. Being a generalization, it's bound to be very wrong in some cases. I've definitely seen well-dressed people in London and in New York... they're just a minority, a smaller percentage than what we have here in Italy. (And yes there are very badly-dressed Italians too, especially nowadays. Unfortunately, vulgarity has taken over way too high a percentage of the population).