From the legendary white Bikini worn by Honey Rider in Dr No to the sharp tailoring modelled by Pussy Galore in Goldfinger to Vesper Lynd’s dramatic ball gown worn in Casino Royale, we reveal the most iconic Bond Girl outfits of the James Bond series.
The girls featured in the James Bond series come in for a lot of stick with their embracing double-entendre names, eagerness to jump into bed with Bond and their vacuous personalities, However, one thing the women need credit for it’s their canny sartorial sense and show-stopping wardrobes.
Thanks to the infographic created by the London-based marketing agency, Big Group, you can see every single iconic outfit worn by the Bond girls in one image. The infographic features 77 of the most memorable outfits from Dr No in 1962 through to Spectre in 2015.
With no clear definition of what constitutes a Bond girl, Roald Dahl, a screenwriter on You Only Live Twice, said he was given a three type formula to work to for the film.
You put in three girls… Girl number one is pro-Bond. She stays around roughly through the first reel of the picture. Then the enemy bumps her off, preferably in Bond’s arms. Girl number two is anti-Bond and usually captures him, and he has to save himself by knocking her out with his sexual charm and power. She gets killed in an original (usually grisly) fashion mid-way through the film. Girl number three will survive and end the film in Bond’s embrace.”
The brand chooses a stand-out character whose clothing was significant and of note. Limited by space, Big Group has chosen outfits that were worn for the most amount of time and during the most memorable senses while ruling out the disguises and functional get-ups.
“The end result is what we like to think of as the most ‘iconic’ outfits,” Big Group said in a statement. “The ones the costume department really delivered on and the ones that have passed into the public’s collective consciousness of these much-loved films”.
- 1962 Dr. No
- 1963 From Russia with Love
- 1964 Goldfinger
- 1965 Thunderball
- 1967 You Only Live Twice
- 1969 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
- 1971 Diamonds Are Forever
- 1973 Live and Let Die
- 1974 The Man with the Golden Gun
- 1977 The Spy Who Loved Me
- 1979 Moonraker
- 1981 For Your Eyes Only
- 1983 Octopussy
- 1985 A View to a Kill
- 1987 The Living Daylights
- 1989 Licence to Kill
- 1995 GoldenEye
- 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies
- 1999 The World Is Not Enough
- 2002 Die Another Day
- 2006 Casino Royale
- 2008 Quantum of Solace
- 2012 Skyfall
- 2015 Spectre
Dr No (1962)
The iconic looks from the 1962 film, Dr No featuring Sylvia Trench’s one shoulder red dress and Honey Ryder’s show-stopping white bikini
Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench and Sean Connery as James Bond
Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder dressed a white bikini and holding seashells in 1962’s Dr. No
British actress Zena Marshall wearing a blue chinese silk dress in character as double agent Miss Taro
There were four iconic outfits worn in the 1962 James Bond movie, Dr No, including Sylvia Trench’s one-shouldered red prom dress, Miss Taro’s floral-print oriential dress and Honey Ryder’s satin purple top and matching trousers.
Possibly one of the most revered outfits of the entire James Bond series was Honey Ryder’s show-stopping white bikini, setting the bar for future Bond girls in the famous beach scene that saw her with wet dripping hair and a Wonder Woman physique.
Honey Ryder played by actress Ursula Andress helped to design the two-piece and was put up for auction in 2001, going on to achieve a final sale price of £35,000 at Christie’s in London.
From Russia With Love (1963)
From Russia With Love feature a range of skimpy outfits including Zora’s teal bikini top and Vida’s red bralet and matching sarong
English actress Martine Beswick dressed as the gypsy girl Zora on the set of From Russia With Love
Israeli actress Aliza Gur dressed in character as gypsy girl Vida posed on the set of the James Bond film
Goldfinger (1964)
1964’s Goldfinger featured tailored looks including Tilly Masterson’s chic midi skirt and Pussy Galore’s sharp masculine suits
Honor Blackman in a fitted skirt and shirt (l) starring opposite Sean Connery in the film Goldfinger, 1964
Pussy Galore, played by Honor Blackman, donned an array of chic suits in the movie
Thunderball (1965)
Thunderball embraced the 60s trends for micro lengths and floral prints
Adolfo Celi has his hand over Luciana Paluzzi in a scene from the film Thunderball, 1965
Claudine Auger in a revealing black spandex and mesh swimsuit
Sitting on a beach wearing a black and white bikini in a scene from the film, with Sean Connery
You Only Live Twice (1967)
You Only Live Twice was all about pale, pastel colours
Aki played by Actress Akiko Wakabayashi a female ninja agent with the fictional Japanese government agency Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
Actress Mie Hama in a swimsuit from the 1967 film.
The Japanese actress is best-known outside Japan for her role as Kissy Suzuki in You Only Live Twice.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Bond surrounded – typically – with lots of girls, here in On Her Majesty s Secret Service, 1969
Bond girl Tracy Di Vicenzo – played by English actress Diana Rigg – didn’t ruin 007’s life; she made him happier than he could ever imagine
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Diamonds Are Forever, 1971, was all about deep, plunging necklines to the navel
Sean Connery and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever, 1971
Named after her birthplace – luxury jewellers Tiffany & Co – Tiffany Case was a diamond smuggler working for Bond’s nemesis Blofeld
Live and Let Die (1973)
Live And Let Die was slightly more futuristic and Eastern
British actress Jane Seymour plays Solitaire in 1973’s Live and Let Die, which was Roger Moore’s debut turn as the secret agent
Live And Let Die starred Jane Seymour and Geoffrey Holder
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
Pucci prints and capri pants were all the range in typical mid-Seventies fashion
The Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun starred Maud Adams
Britt Ekland wore a blue, white and green printed bikini
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
It was long lengths, jewels and statement straps for The Spy Who loved Me – plus a bikini
Actors Roger Moore and Barbara Bach in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me
She wore long lengths but revealed more up top in the film’s costumes
Caroline Munro in her obligatory bikini, with a stylish kimono and dancer shoes
Moonraker (1979)
Strange jumpsuits and calf-length skirts dominated the Moonraker look
Corinne Clery’s voluminous styled hair and bright makeup is verging on 80s, as well as shoulder detail top
Lois Chiles wore a chic jumpsuit and accessorised with a gun in this promo shot
Lois again opposite Roger Moore in Moonraker, both wearing dodgy yellow all-in-ones
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Some outfits here had serious style, while others were quite awful
Lynn-Holly Johnson and Roger Moore looking stylish on the slopes in the 1981 For Your Eyes Only
Lois Chiles wore a chic jumpsuit and accessorised with a gun in this promo shot
Carole Bouquet in a weird chunky coat with Roger Moore, Julian Glover Film and Television
Octopussy (1983)
The outfits were as suggestive as the film’s title complete with trinkets, cleavage and knickers on show
Roger Moore as Bond in the 1983 film surrounded by women in embroidered bralets
Maud Adams wears blue silk and diamonds while Moore is in a cotton shirt
A View To A Kill (1985)
A View To Kill starred some very fashion-forward outfits such as hooded dresses
Christopher Walken and Grace Jones captured in now-iconic costume
Grace kicks butt in the James Bond film A View To A Kill
Tanya Roberts in a silk shirt and 80s mullett in the 1985 movie
The Living Daylights (1987)
Timothy Dalton and Maryam D’Abo in the 1987 film The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill (1989)
This Bond film upped the glamour once more, opting for halter-necks, rusched waistlines and jewel tones
Actress Talisa Soto wears a striking white dress in Licence To Kill
Here she wears full-length red (Left) while Carey Lowell is dressed in bejewelled purple (Right)
Goldeneye (1995)
Goldeneye took fashion back to basics with prim office attire and a simple black evening dress
Izabella Scorupco in typical 90s fashion with Pierce Brosnan
Famke Janssen sports a bolder take on the style with dark lips and matching polish
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Continuing with the nineties style, Tomorrow Never Dies featured capri pants and overshirts
Teri Hatcher in 1997 drinking bubbly and dressed in an evening gown with her hair done as The Rachel
Pierce Brosnan leaps off a building with Michelle Yeoh, who wears a preppy overshirt
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
A mix of fashions including influences like Lara Croft and Kate Bush
Sophie Marceau wears opulent beaded mesh top with silk skirt in The World Is Not Enough
Denise Richard wears the Tomb Raider style get up, while Sophie is in another opulent outfit
Die Another Day (2002)
It was a mix of jewels, leather and bikinis which summed up confused Millennium fashion
Rosamund Pike wore a fur shawl over her one-shoulder beaded dress
Halle Berry wowed in a belted orange two-piece
But raised some eyebrows in a grape coloured metallic leather suit
Casino Royale (2006)
For Casino Royale, the women wore plenty of clingy, jewel-toned satin
Caterina Murino played Solange Dimitrios who went home with Bond moments after meeting him
Eva Green played Vesper Lynd, whom Bond develops genuine feelings for, and dreams of marrying
Quantum Of Solace (2008)
Quantum Of Solace’s dresses were simple: bold, black and spoke for themselves
Daniel Craig and Olga Kurylenko, wearing thigh-high split dress and carrying her shoes
Craig as Bond opposite Gemma Arterton in an unusually high-necked dress
Skyfall (2012)
Skyfall was all about ultra-silhouette-enhancing shapes
Daniel Craig and Berenice Marlohe in the 2012 Bond film Skyfall
Berenice Marlohe wears a Far Eastern-inspired black gown with sweetheart neckline and mesh sides
Spectre (2015)
For Spectre, it’s all about suggestion with full length clingy dresses and volume at the hips
Spectre is the twenty-fourth James Bond film in the series and stars Lea Seydoux in a dove grey silk dress
Monica Bellucci wears a fierce suit with a bustle as Lucia Sciarra in the 2015 film directed by Sam Mendes
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