Beacon Heritage X To Ki To Sports Jacket

Name: Barbour Beacon Heritage X To Ki To Sports Jacket
Brand: Barbour
Availability: OutOfStock

James Bond in Skyfall, 2012 — as worn by Daniel Craig

The scene

In Skyfall’s final act, James Bond arrives at Skyfall Lodge in the Scottish Highlands with M and the gamekeeper Kincade, preparing the isolated house for Silva’s assault. The Barbour Beacon Heritage X To Ki To Sports Jacket belongs to this exact stretch of the film: the twilight defence of the estate, the movement between the lodge and the surrounding moor, and the tense wait before the first wave of attackers reaches the house.

The jacket turns Bond away from the metropolitan polish of earlier scenes and into something older, harder and more practical, as if he has pulled it from the lodge itself for a last stand on home ground. Its waxed finish, close fit and utilitarian pockets suit the improvised rural battle that follows, when Bond arms himself for the confrontation and works with Kincade and M to turn the house into a trap. In this setting, the garment connects him to family history and to a version of British field dress far removed from casino tailoring.

Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins frame the jacket against stone, heather and firelight, letting the olive tone sit naturally within the cold Highland landscape. It reads clearly in medium shots outside the lodge and in the dim interiors during the siege, where the fitted silhouette keeps the piece sharp even as the sequence becomes muddy, violent and stripped down.

The object

Barbour was founded in South Shields in 1894 by John Barbour, and the Beacon Heritage X To Ki To Sports Jacket came from the company’s collaboration with Japanese designer Tokihito Yoshida. Barbour documented Yoshida as a collaborator from 2009 onward, and Bond-focused costume sources identify this jacket as part of the Spring/Summer 2012 Beacon Heritage x Tokihito collection. The original limited-edition model associated with Skyfall carries product code MWX0364OL71 TK.

The jacket is built in waxed cotton and follows a tailored sporting-jacket pattern rather than Barbour’s roomier country coats. Verified product comparisons note Barbour tartan lining, leather trim at the collar and cuff edges, shoulder and elbow patches, bellows front pockets, a chest pocket and a large rear game or poacher pocket accessed by twin zips. Comparative documentation also records features specific to the original X To Ki To version that were dropped on later reissues, including a removable hood, a hood zipper and a storm flap.

On screen in Skyfall, Bond wears the original limited-edition X To Ki To version in olive during the Scotland finale at Skyfall Lodge, not the later Beacon Sports retail reissue that Barbour still sells. Costume coverage and product analysis both note that Jany Temime simplified the screen-used look with small alterations for filming.

Barbour remains a family-owned business, and the company states that its headquarters are still in South Shields, where its Wax for Life repair and rewaxing service also operates.

Provenance

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