Bond’s casual clothes are rarely noticed, and this is the clearest example. In Miami, Daniel Craig’s Bond wears a dark brown Giorgio Armani leather jacket, and nothing about it asks for attention. A Giorgio Armani leather jacket from Casino Royale is less a costume than a lesson: one good jacket, in the right colour, worn without comment.
In the film
Bond wears the jacket in Casino Royale (2006) during the Miami sequence. He has it on when he kills Alex Dimitrios at the Body Worlds exhibition and follows Dimitrios’s henchman to the airport. It is clothing for moving about in, which is rather the point.
The details
Dark brown leather. The colour is the whole argument. A dark brown reads as quieter than black and warmer than tan, and it sits easily with navy, grey and white.
A zip front. The jacket closes with a zip rather than buttons or a belt. It keeps the line clean and makes it easy to put on and take off when you are travelling.
Restraint. Nothing on the jacket is there to be noticed from across a room. That is why it still works almost two decades after the film.
Wearing it now
We should be plain about the situation: we found no listing for this exact jacket in Armani’s current range, and the version on screen dates from 2006. What is available is the idea. A dark brown leather jacket with a simple zip front and no ornament will do the same work, and Armani still makes leather jackets for men.
How we would wear it. Over a navy knit and grey trousers for travel. Over a white shirt and dark jeans for dinner. We would let it sit slightly loose through the body so that a knit fits underneath.
What to look for. Choose a brown that is dark rather than tan, a leather that is soft to the touch, a zip front and a cut that stops at the hip. Avoid large logos and anything decorative. If you want the look, our clothing guide is the place to start.
In the spirit of. Armani’s current blouson jacket in leather with a cupro lining is the one brown leather jacket we could see in the maker’s men’s range. It is cut oversized, so it is a looser interpretation rather than a match, at an RRP of US$9,400 at the time of writing, October 2026. For a closer zip-front shape, the nappa leather blouson with zip is US$6,200 (RRP at the time of writing, October 2026), though it is shown in navy blue and black rather than brown.
Where to look
The 2006 jacket is not in Armani’s current range. The button searches eBay for pre-owned Giorgio Armani brown leather jackets, the closest equivalent we can point to. Check the sleeve length, the condition of the leather at the collar and the lining before you buy.
In the same spirit
These are current alternatives, offered as the same idea rather than anything seen on screen.
- Levi’s Vintage Clothing 1930s Menlo Leather Jacket: a brown leather jacket with a similarly plain line
- Matchless Craig Blouson Suede Jacket: a blouson cut in suede
Specifications
| Maker | Giorgio Armani |
|---|---|
| Colour | Dark brown |
| Material | Leather |
| Closure | Zip front |
| Film | Casino Royale (2006), Miami sequence |
| RRP | Film jacket not listed by the maker; nearest current jacket US$9,400 (RRP at the time of writing, October 2026) |
For the maker’s current men’s leather range, see Giorgio Armani’s own leather clothing page.
Questions
What jacket does Bond wear in Miami in Casino Royale?
A brown Giorgio Armani leather jacket. Daniel Craig’s Bond wears it in the Miami scenes, including the Body Worlds exhibition and the following chase to the airport.
Can you still buy the Casino Royale Armani leather jacket?
Not as the film jacket, as far as we can find. Armani’s current men’s leather range contains different models, so the closest route is a plain dark brown leather jacket with a zip front.
How much does an Armani leather jacket cost?
Among the men’s leather jackets listed on Armani’s US site, prices run from US$4,595 for a black single-breasted nappa jacket to US$9,400 for the brown oversized blouson. Those are RRPs at the time of writing, October 2026.
How do you wear a brown leather jacket like Bond’s?
Keep everything else plain: a navy or grey knit, a white shirt, dark trousers or jeans, and simple boots or shoes. The jacket does the work.
For more from the Miami sequence, see our Casino Royale pieces and Daniel Craig’s Bond.
