The Fashion Guide to The New Avengers

Series 2 (1977–8) Page 12

Purdey : Black and white waiter’s outfit

She wears a frilled white shirt with black waistcoat and loose, pleated trousers. Later with a black leather gloves, jacket & white motorcycle helmet.

Steed wears his slate grey suit and a pale grey shirt, purple tie with white spots, red carnation.

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Purdey : Blue blouse, red rolled scarf

She wears a vivid blue blouse with a scarlet rolled scarf and gerbera brooch.

He wears his grey suit with a pale blue shirt and grey and white diagonally striped tie.

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Purdey : Blue and white checked overcoat

She wears a woollen overcoat checked in blue and white with a tan skirt. Her long-sleeved t-shirt appears to have narrow blue, white and tan hoops to match, and she sports a thick matching woollen scarf to keep warm in wintry Windsor.

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Purdey & Gambit : Anyone for tennis?

She wears red leggings under a long-sleeved white t-shirt with her name emblazoned across the chest in black and satin shorts. White sneakers complete the outfit.

He wears white t-shirt and shorts with a white sporting jacket with navy piping - possibly Adidas but it’s hard to see the logo.

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Gambit : Brown leather jacket

He wears a ribbed brown leather jacket over a white shirt and grey paisley tie; his trousers are taupe. Whe he faces the wintry weather, he adds a cream mackintosh and long white scarf. The grey tie is later torn up to improvise a weapon.

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Purdey : Black mackintosh

She wears a heavy black mackintosh over a white blouse and black trousers.

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Steed : Army fatigues

He wears light khaki army fatigues, cap and sunglasses, stolen from a captured enemy officer in order to infilitrate their headquarters.

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Steed & Gambit : White tie

The boys wear black tail coats with peak collars, worn with starched white shirts, white tie and waistcoat. Steed is also wearing the sash and decoration of what appears to be a Knight Order.

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Gambit : khaki shirt and tie

He wears a pale khaki shirt with a khaki tie and brown cord flared trousers, with his favourite brown leather belt with gold rectangular buckle. His shoulder hoster is in cream leather.

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Purdey: Purple, brown & white outfit

She wears a brown and white horizontal wave patterned outfit - long-sleeved tunic with a neckline that descends to the gathered waist, with matching culottes. Worn with brown boots and, initially, with her matching bunched, loose, purple and white patterned jacket.

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Steed : Grey bowler with secret compartment

When Steed goes to rescue Purdey, who is the hostage in the episode title, he hides a small pistol in a secret compartment inside the lining of his Herbert Johnson & Sons bowler hat.

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