Cultural References
- In the 1974 film The Great Gatsby, the famous scene where Daisy Buchanan collapses in tears after seeing Jay Gatsby's shirt collection used Turnbull & Asser shirts (with the boxes and name clearly visible), despite the fact that designer Ralph Lauren had made all the other men's clothes in the film.
- The 1999 film The Avengers features a scene at Turnbull & Asser's Jermyn Street store, in which John Steed is being measured for bespoke shirts.
- The famous British spy character James Bond wears bespoke Turnbull & Asser shirts on film, and the store also created a special edition James Bond evening shirt for the 2006 version of Casino Royale. The company stopped the manufacture of this limited edition item in March 2008.
- The title character of the FX Network's half-hour animated spy comedy Archer, which draws heavily from the aforementioned James Bond ethos, wears bespoke Turnbull & Asser shirts.
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