The Fashion Guide to The Avengers
John Steed in Series 5 (1967–8) Page 6
Navy single-breasted suit
He wears a navy single-breasted suit with a white shirt and thin navy tie, This suit is in fact worn in error, in the previous scene he was wearing his navy suit with the peaked collar , but thid one has a notch collar. I think it’s a suit he wore in series 4, it’s not seen in any other episode of series 5.
Worn with:
- Death’s Door [continuity error]
Green polo shirt
He wears a green polo-neck shirt and black trousers.
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Purple silk dressing gown
He wears a purple patterned silk dressing-gown over his charcoal pinstriped suit and red tie.
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Navy suit
He wears a navy single breasted suit, similar to his other navy suits but apparently of heavier cloth, this is differentiated by a single waist button and no external pockets at all; it’s a two-piece suit, there’s no waistcoat. It’s worn with a plain navy silk tie and a very pale grey shirt, accessoried with a black bowler hat and umbrella. At one point, Steed dons some rubber galoshes over his black Chelsea boots to prevent being electrocuted.
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Grey suit
He wears a single-breasted two-piece suit with notch collar, darker than his other grey suits. It has square flap pockets on the waist and the breast is slit; a single hard button fastenes the waist and there are two vents in the skirt. He completes the look with a grey bowler hat and umbrella, and black Chelsea boots.
Worn with:
- Murdersville : electric blue tie and white shirt
- Mission: Highly Improbable : pale grey shirt and dark grey tie with white spots
Navy suit
He wears a navy single breasted suit, similar to his other navy suits but apparently of heavier cloth, this is differentiated by a single waist button and flaps pockets on the hips (which make it different to the suit with no pockets above); there are two vents in the skirt. It’s a two-piece suit, there’s no waistcoat. It’s worn with a red silk tie with small black spots and a very pale grey shirt, accessoried with black Chelsea boots, bowler hat and umbrella.
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Grey 3-piece suit
He wears a grey single-breasted 2-piece suit. The cut is modish Sixties - the jacket is fastened with a single hard button and the skirt has one long vent; there is no waistcoat. The jacket has a notch collar, the upper portion of which is felted. The two waist pockets and breast pocket are square cut flap pockets.
Worn in:
- Mission: Highly Improbable : pale grey shirt, thin navy/silver arrowhead pattern tie
- The Forget-Me-Knot : white shirt, electric blue tie and matching handkerchief
Ties and cravats
For your greater edification and shopping pleasure, here’s a picture of every tie and cravat John Steed wears in Series 5.
