The Fashion Guide to Series 3 (1963–4)

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Brown and grey Prince of Wales check blazer

He wears his favourite Prince of Wales check blazer, offset by a white shirt and beige trousers. The blazer has two vents in the skirt and three flap pockets, it’s fastened with two buttons. He likes to pair it with a dark waistcoat with six silver buttons and frequently dons a bowler hat or whatever gloves or umbrella takes his fancy. He wears this blazer in nearly half (12) of the episodes of series 3.

Worn with:

• Brief for Murder : wavy patterned tie, dark waistcoat, black bowler hat, gloves and shoes
• The Nutshell : mustard knitted tie, pale blue shirt
• The Golden Fleece : patterned tie, dark waistcoat; later with a trilby hat and umbrella
• Don’t Look Behind You : knitted tie, dark waistcoat
• The Undertakers : red, blue and brown patterned tie, bowler hat and umbrella
• Death Of A Batman : patterned tie, dark waistcoat; later with bowler hat and umbrella
• Build a Better Mousetrap : over a midtone cardigan with hard leather buttons and dark patterned tie; later with a pale pinstriped shirt and midtone knitted tie
• The Gilded Cage : patterned tie, dark waistcoat
• The Medicine Men : patterned tie, dark waistcoat, brown suede Chelsea boots, bowler hat; later with his lighter overcoat
• The White Elephant : paisley tie, bowler hat
• Mandrake : patterned tie, dark waistcoat, bowler hat and umbrella
• Esprit De Corps : midtone tie, dark waistcoat

Black leather overcoat

She disguises herself with a black leather overcoat - square collar, plain shoulders, deep waist patch pockets. It’s worn over a knee-length skirt and dark rollneck. She completes the disguise with dark sunglasses and a black wig.

Worn in:

• Brief for Murder

Grey three-piece suit

He wears a grey single-breasted three-piece suit. Steed’s other main suit for series 3, worn in half (13) of the episodes with a variety of ties and often a black bowler hat. The jacket is fasten with two button low on the waist; it has notch lapels, slanted flap pockets on each hip, with a ticket pocket on the right, a flap breast pocket, and two vents in the skirt, the cuffs are split. the lapel of the jacket has a buttonhole, but he rarely uses it. The waistcoat is cut high, with wide scalloped lapels, five padded buttons and a silk back.

Worn with:

• The Nutshell : pale shirt, dark tie, black bowler hat and umbrella
• The Golden Fleece : pale shirt, dark tie, black bowler hat and umbrella
• Man with Two Shadows : grey knitted tie, pale blue shirt, black bowler hat and umbrella
• The Grandeur That Was Rome : pale grey shirt, knitted grey tie, initially with a white apron and no jacket; later with thick spectacles, dark patterned tie
• The Undertakers : navy silk tie with tiepin, white shirt
• Death Of A Batman : pinstriped white shirt, navy tie with tiepin, black bowler hat and umbrella with wanghee handle
• November Five : pinstriped white shirt, navy tie with tiepin, black bowler hat and umbrella with wanghee handle
• The Gilded Cage : white shirt, navy tie with tiepin
• The White Elephant : white shirt, dark tie, later with black bowler hat and umbrella
• The Wringer : pale knitted tie
• The Little Wonders : black shirt and vicar’s white collar, black bowler hat and umbrella
• Mandrake : patterned grey silk tie, tie pin, white shirt, bowler hat and umbrella
• The Charmers : Eton tie, white shirt, black bowler hat and umbrella
• Lobster Quadrille : dark tie, white shirt