The road out of Glencoe doesn’t ask for much. You slow down, watch the clouds drag across the peaks, maybe pull over just to stand in it for a minute. The crew that filmed Skyfall did the same thing: same landscape, same road, better car. We were there chasing light, not Bond, but the place made sense for what we were shooting. Fall Getup Week was built on that same idea: clothes that hold up when the air turns, layers with structure, fabrics that look better when they've gotten to work against weather.
There’s a particular honesty in waxed canvas and heavy knits when the wind gets moving. Something about the resistance they offer. The outfit leans into that instinct, all countryside layers and clean edges, modern cuts with a practical attitude. A structured silhouette, room through the leg… it could have walked off a moor or a coffee shop in Chicago.
If you’ve ever watched Skyfall and thought, Bond looks better without the suit, you’re not alone.
Costume designer Jany Temime had the same thought. For Skyfall’s last act, she took Bond out of the city, out of the armor, and put him in things meant for weather: waxed cotton, cable knits, boots with soles that don’t require rerouting around puddles. Her description was “a gentleman in the country.”
And it fit. Not just him, but the franchise. Bond clothes have always served the setting. That was the trick: put him where he doesn’t usually go, but dress him so it makes sense.
One of the most memorable scenes in the whole Bond franchise didn’t involve a fight or a gadget. No stunts, no explosions, barely any dialogue. Just Bond and M standing beside the DB5 under a fog-choked sky:
Get the look → Waxed canvas trucker jacket: Thursday Boot Co., Cable knit sweater: LLBean, Legend Chelsea boots: Thursday Boot Co., Medium wash denim: Flint & Tinder
That shot was filmed in Glencoe, on a long single lane road that slows cars down without asking. The kind of place where you keep pulling off without planning to. When I found out it was a short detour off of our already long drive from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye, I knew we had to stop.
The crew shot it in February. Not the friendliest month. You get short daylight and weather that flips every hour. But director Sam Mendes wanted that. Mist, clouds, some visibility. Cinematographer Roger Deakins liked the diffused light.
There was no CGI. No filters. Just real weather and expensive lenses. Mendes later said it was a joy, that he wished they had more time there. Which is how most people feel about Scotland, assuming they brought the right jacket.
We didn’t have fog. The airport Hertz was fresh out of mid-century Aston Martins. No Javier Bardem trying to kill us. Just a clear Scottish afternoon that made me question everything my weather app had predicted.
Get the look → Waxed canvas trucker jacket: Thursday Boot Co., Cable knit sweater: LLBean,
But the British countryside aesthetic itself started as gear for people who didn’t have trailers or set lighting.
This kind of clothing started out as survival gear. Tweed for warmth and brambles, waxed cotton for rain, wool for insulation, leather boots for mud. All of it designed for damp unpredictability. But somewhere along the line, the function became a kind of uniform. The country gentleman. Earth tones, tattersall shirts, thick socks, shoes you can clean with a stiff brush.
Some of the details go further back. Sailors started the whole waxed canvas thing when they oiled their sails for water resistance. Farmers adopted it. By the 1930s, it was being refined with paraffin wax for better flexibility. The brogue, now polished and decorative and considered a “dress shoe” by most, was originally perforated to let water drain. You wore them across marshes, not marble lobbies.
This week’s concept, 1990s J.Crew proportions and prep meets British countryside isn’t out of left field. J.Crew’s prep filtered through Ivy style, which had already borrowed heavily from the Anglo wardrobe. By the 90s, the catalogs were full of waxed jackets, tweed blazers, and sweaters that looked inherited.
It was British structure, American business casual, still built for weather.
These aren’t trivia bits. They’re the reason the outfit still works. Still makes sense when fall hits and you’re suiting up against the weather.
Thursday Boot Co. Waxed Canvas Field Jacket
Sturdy, structured, doesn’t mind a little weather. Comfortable layered over a sweater, still plausible over a tee. The 10 oz Scottish-made Halley Stevensons waxed canvas comes with a flannel lining and the faint sense that you should be carrying something in the back of a Land Rover. Halley Stevensons has been making their weather resistant fabrics in Dundee, just a hop and a skip from Edinburgh, since 1864.
Cable Knit Sweater
Thick but not suffocating, the kind of knit that used to be made by people who didn’t have central heating. Fisherman in theory, civilian in practice.
→ LLBean
Black Legend Chunky Chelsea Boots
Chunky sole, smooth upper, the shoe equivalent of a strong handshake. Goodyear welted with a StormKing anti-slip sole, and still in my weekly rotation since first featuring them in 2020. I also wore them daily on the trip, including on long hikes, like up to Old Man Storr. Perfectly comfortable and capable.
Watch
The SNK809 is 37mm of do-the-job steel, automatic and low-fuss, with a dial that glows just enough to be useful and a canvas strap that feels like it came from a tent. It tells time, day, and date without needing a charge or compliment, which fits the outfit. Built for weather, not ceremony.
→ Seiko
Jeans
Straight, modern fit, no pinching or pulling. The medium wash keeps things relaxed and easy.
Sometimes, as Moneypenny said, the old ways are the best.
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