Islay

Name: Crockett & Jones Islay
Brand: Crockett & Jones
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James Bond in Skyfall, 2012 — as worn by Daniel Craig

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MakerCrockett & Jones

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The scene

James Bond wears the Crockett & Jones Islay boots during the film’s final act at Skyfall Lodge in the Scottish Highlands, when he brings M to his remote family estate and prepares a last stand against Raoul Silva. The boots appear across this closing Highland stretch as Bond moves over the moorland approach, through the lodge, and around the grounds while working with M and the aging gamekeeper Kincade to improvise defenses and booby-trap the property before the assault. The setting is bleak, isolated, rain-soaked and wintry, with open moorland, mud, stone and heather-toned terrain surrounding the old house.

Within this sequence, the footwear marks Bond’s shift away from the polished urban style of the earlier film and into practical country clothing suited to the harsh landscape. Rather than operating in casinos, offices or city streets, he is hauling equipment, setting traps and moving between the lodge and its exterior in a stripped-back defensive scenario with little glamour and limited resources. The Islay’s heavy brogue derby-boot construction gives credible footing and protection against the elements while reinforcing the grounded, physical tone of the climax.

On screen, the boots are most visible in medium and full-length shots as part of Bond’s rugged Highland ensemble, paired with outerwear appropriate to the weather and terrain. Their dark brown grain leather, brogue detailing and sturdy sole read clearly against the rough Scottish environment, visually connecting Bond to his ancestral home and the elemental, deeply personal nature of the confrontation.

The object

Crockett & Jones

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The Crockett & Jones Islay comes from one of Northampton’s longest-running shoemakers. Crockett & Jones was founded in 1879 by James Crockett and Charles Jones, two brothers-in-law who began with a workshop on Exeter Road before moving to larger premises on Magee Street in 1890, where the company still operates. The firm remains associated with traditional English shoemaking and Goodyear-welted construction, with production still centered in Northampton. Islay is one of the house’s defining country boots: a full-brogue derby with a high leg, open lacing, speed hooks and robust storm welts. The Skyfall boot is the Islay in Dark Brown Scotch Grain, built on Last No.

365, a broad round-toe last introduced in May 2009 and described by the maker as its most generous fitting last, especially suited to high-leg boots. Current brand specifications list standard E fitting and a Dainite rubber sole, while Crockett & Jones also describes its Dark Brown Scotch Grain as a full-grain burnishing calf that develops patina with wear. Crockett & Jones directly identifies the Islay as one of the four styles worn by James Bond in Skyfall, and specifically ties this Dark Brown Scotch Grain version to Bond’s Scottish Highlands scenes in the film’s closing stretch.

Skyfall’s costume designer was Jany Temime, and the boot’s hard-wearing country build made it a natural fit for Bond’s rough-weather Highland wardrobe. Its afterlife has been unusually strong for a ready-to-wear film shoe. Crockett & Jones still sells the Islay as part of its Main Collection and explicitly references Skyfall in the product and last descriptions. The model has also become one of the brand’s most recognizable Bond-associated pieces, with the maker itself calling Islay an icon and continuing to position it as a signature English country boot.

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