Two-piece Glen Check Suit

Name: Kilgour, French & Stanbury Two-piece Glen Check Suit
Brand: Kilgour, French & Stanbury
Availability: Discontinued

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North by Northwest

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Roger Thornhill

In the iconic crop-duster sequence, Roger Thornhill waits alone at a desolate roadside bus stop amid flat rural Indiana farmland after being sent to a remote meeting under false pretenses. Still wearing his gray glen check suit, he is relentlessly attacked by a low-flying crop-duster plane and forced to run for his life along the road and into the open fields.

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About This Product

Cary Grant’s suit in North by Northwest was tailored by the Savile Row house Kilgour, French & Stanbury, with tailoring often attributed to Arthur Lyons. The two-piece suit is made from lightweight worsted wool in a subtle Glen check, appearing on screen as a gray glen check business suit. It features a single-breasted three-button jacket with notch lapels and a ventless back, paired with matching trousers. Action shots in the crop-duster sequence are widely noted to have used a separate stunt version to protect the original tailored garment. The firm, whose roots predate its 1937 trading name, was also known for clients such as Fred Astaire.