The big cat-inspired items to pounce on while they’re still here.

Legend has it that Sir Sean Connery won the part of James Bond not because of his acting prowess, nor his airs and graces – the actor later remarked that Bond author Mr Ian Fleming was “not happy” that a working-class Scottish oik was to play his members’-club-frequenting, martini-swilling, misogynistic high-society spy, adding that he found Mr Fleming to be “a snob” – but because he moved “like a panther”. That was the assessment of Ms Dana Natol, third wife of film producer Mr Albert “Cubby” Broccoli when Sir Sean came in for his audition. (That, and by Sir Sean’s own admission, he was cheap.) And while the ability to slink, prowl or saunter with the gait of a big cat might no longer be a skill to dwell on in the context of a job interview, this titbit of cinematic trivia has had something of an impact on the way we’re dressing this week.

Of course, it could also be because another knight of the realm, Sir David Attenborough, is back on the telly, hanging out with the last remaining vestiges of the animal kingdom. Or maybe it’s pangs of guilt at the latest banned supermarket Christmas advert, decrying the largescale deforestation of vast swathes of the Borneo rainforest habitat of the orangutan for the sake of palm oil. But also it’s a pride-sized batch of feline-inspired printed garments to land onsite that has us taking a walk on the wild side.

We recommend that, in keeping with Sir Sean, you ensure any movements while wearing these articles – which, although hardly timid in nature, are true investment pieces, and likely to hold their ground over many years to come – are as fluid, considered and purposeful as a member of the Panthera genus when stalking its prey. However, right now, we suggest you make like a domestic moggy at the shake of box of kibble biscuits and snap these items up fast. Because, much like the sorry state we’ve left much of the world’s megafauna in, they’re on the critically endangered list.

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