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Here are a few observations about James Bond’s ties:

All of Sean Connery’s ties are solid. All of George Lazenby’s ties are solid if you don’t include Sir Hilary Bray’s tie that he borrows as part of a disguise. George Lazenby is the only Bond who does not wear a solid black tie. More than half of Roger Moore’s ties are solid. Roger Moore is the only Bond who wears striped ties. The widest ties are from the late 1970s while the narrowest ties are from both the 1960s and the 2010s. The 1980s featured the most balanced tie width, at around 3 1/2 inches or 9 cm. Licence to Kill is the only Bond film where James Bond does not wear an ordinary long necktie. Only Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan wear boldly patterned ties. Nine of Pierce Brosnan’s ties include a combination of blue and brown/bronze/gold. That’s more than half of his ties. Costume designer Lindy Hemming loved dressing him in that combination. Every Bond actor wears at least one knitted tie. Three James Bonds wear the black knitted tie that Ian Fleming dressed James Bond in, though Pierce Brosnan’s knitted is wool instead of the silk that Fleming specified.

The ties in the graphic, in order from left to right, are from the following films:

Dr. No: 1

From Russia with Love: 1, 2

Goldfinger: 3, 4, 5, 6

Thunderball: 7, 8, 1

You Only Live Twice: 9, 1, 4

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: 10, 11, 12, 13

Diamonds Are Forever: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Live and Let Die: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

The Man with the Golden Gun: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 ,33, 34

The Spy Who Loved Me: 35, 36, 37, 38

Moonraker: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43

For Your Eyes Only: 44, 45, 46, 47

Octopussy: 48, 49, 50, 51

A View to a Kill: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56

The Living Daylights: 57, 58, 59, 60

GoldenEye: 61, 62, 63

Tomorrow Never Dies: 64, 65 ,66

The World Is Not Enough: 67, 68, 69, 70, 71

Die Another Day: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76

Casino Royale: 77, 78, 79

Quantum of Solace: 80, 81, 82, 83, 84

Skyfall: 85, 86, 87, 88, 89

Spectre: 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96

*Notes on the infographic: Identifications and delineations have been omitted because I wanted the ties to speak for themselves. The same ties and very similar ties worn by one actor (such as Connery’s narrow navy grenadine ties that vary only slightly in width in the 1960s) are not repeated. Similar ties that are worn by different actors (such as the black repp ties worn with the naval uniforms) are repeated. Some patterns have been slightly scaled up to display better.