The keynote here here is to avoid anything gaudy or flamboyant or obviously expensive. President Truman shirts, for instance, are out of the question [LALD 13]. So are sharkskin jackets [T 10], velvet smoking jackets [G 14], co-respondent shoes [MWTGG 5]. In the unlikely event of your being accused of dowdiness, say your job demands that you attract as little attention as possible, or else, your life is quite colorful enough without having to eke it out with flashy attire.

Your basic outfits are as follows:

Standard

Dark blue suit of serge [M 3] or tropical worsted [DAF 6] or alpaca [TSWLM 10] according to the climate. Dark blue socks [M 3]. Well-polished black moccasin shoes [M 3]. Heavy white silk shirt [M 3], Black knitted silk tie [DN 4]. Note: Use a regular round-over-and-through knot [FRWL 25]. Windsor knots are characteristic of SMERSH.

Evening

Single-breasted dinner jacket, heavy silk shirt, thin double-ended black satin tie [CR 8].

Informal

Trousers are as in Standard, Sea Island cotton shirt in white [OHMSS 2] or dark blue [DAF 6], black casuals [OHMSS 2] or sandals [FRWL 11].

Country/Golfing

Lightweight black-and-white dog-tooth suit [DAF 6], Saxone golf shoes, black windcheater [OHMSS 11].

With all of the above wear underclothes of nylon [DAF 6] or Sea Island cotton [TMWTGG 7].

Skiing

Equip yourself at Lillywhites with appropriate and sensible clothing, choosing the comfortable but old-fashioned type of ski-trouser in a smooth cloth [OHMSS 11]. On top, your golf windcheater. Underneath, long, ugly cotton-and-wool pants and vests. (These last are perhaps optional, because they won't be seen unless something very unexpected turns up).

Bathing

White linen drawers, dark blue leather sandals [CR 23]. For beach-jacket, use the dark-blue top of your pyjamas. (See below.)

Pyjamas

These actually consist only of a top. It's a pyjama-coat which comes almost down to the knees [CR 23], buttonless, with a loose waist-belt, sleeves wide and short, ending just above the elbow. Came across them in Hong Kong.

Final Note

Nothing in the above is specifically 007-ish. You need a weapon. Bond carried a .25 Beretta automatic [DAF 6] in a chamois-leather shoulder-holster under his left armpit, later a 7.65-mm Walther PPK automatic with a Berns Martin Triple-draw holster [DN 2]. These are not recommended in your case. Guns can be expensive, bulky and dangerous. And in a shoulder-holster they'll spoil the cut of your jacket and impede your swing at golf. Better go for a knife concealed between the sole of your shoe and the upper [G 16], the heel acting as a hilt. Tuczek of Clifford Street, W1, will do the shoes for you; Wilkinson Sword Ltd of 16, Pall Mall, SW1, will do the knives.

Thus equipped, you'll at least be able to open your fan-mail at any time.