The Fashion Guide to The New Avengers

Series 1 (1976–7) Page 1

Steed : Slate grey suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece woollen suit with slanted, covered waist pockets. A single button at waist & single vent keep an immaculately tailored look.

Worn with:

The Eagle’s Nest : mauve shirt and metallic brown tie, black bowler hat and umbrella
House of Cards : pale blue shirt, purple tie with white spots, black bowler hat and umbrella, black Chelsea boots
Cat Among the Pigeons : pale blue shirt, purple tie with white spots, black bowler hat and umbrella, black Chelsea boots
Dirtier by the Dozen : pale blue shirt, purple tie with white spots, black bowler hat and umbrella, black Chelsea boots
Angels of Death : pale blue shirt, purple tie with white spots, grey bowler hat and umbrella, red carnation
Obsession : a pale grey shirt, purple tie with white spots, red carnation
Trap : a pale grey shirt, purple tie with white spots
Hostage : a pale lilac silk shirt, purple tie with white spots, black bowler hat and umbrella
K is for Kill : part 2 : pale lilac shirt, purple tie
K is for Kill : part 2 : blue shirt, copper tie
Forward Base : pale blue shirt, navy tie with white spot, black bowler and umbrella

Steed : Dark grey suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece woollen suit with slanted, covered waist pockets. This is a variation on the suit above, in heavier cloth in a lighter shade.

Worn with:

The Last of the Cybernauts…?? : light grey shirt and metallic gold tie, black bowler hat and umbrella

Gambit : Brown suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece dark brown woollen suit with flared trousers. The high-cut waistcoat has six buttons and the jacket two; the jacket has a single slit breast pocket and two covered waist pockets, elegantly slanted to suggest this is a suit to be used in action, an idea followed through by the use of two vents in the skirt. Matched with dark brown Chelsea boots.

Worn with:

The Eagle’s Nest : light brown shirt with single French cuffs, silver cufflinks, brown tie with diamond motif
House of Cards : white shirt, brown tie with diamond motif
The Last of the Cybernauts…?? : white shirt, brown tie with diamond motif
Target! : white shirt, brown tie with diamond motif
To Catch a Rat : white shirt with brown stripes, brown tie with diamond motif

Purdey : Beige silk suit

She wears a beige raw silk high-collared double-breasted jacket and matching trousers by Catherine Buckley, embroidered in dark brown in a Chinoiserie style.

Worn in:

The Eagle’s Nest : she later adds a fur coat

Steed : brown overcoat

He wears a brown overcoat with felt collar, a black bowler hat, brown gloves over a pale tan shirt and dark brown tie.

Worn in:

The Eagle’s Nest

Steed : Pale grey suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece suit with grey velvet collar, square covered waist pockets. A single button at waist with two vents in the skirt, paired with the darts in the breast make for an easy-to-wear yet well-tailored look.

Worn with:

The Eagle’s Nest : white shirt, yellow tie — briefly with a large blue handkerchief with white polkadots on the shoulder (while playing a violin)
Cat Among the Pigeons : metallic gold tie, pale lilac shirt
Target! : (dressed as a mannequin on a firing range) : grey shirt, gold metallic tie, black gloves, grey bowler and umbrella, white face makeup
To Catch a Rat : grey shirt, green-gold metallic tie (twice in the same episode)
To Catch a Rat : blue tie with white spot, white shirt
Tale of the Big Why : dark blue tie with white spot, white shirt, grey bowler and umbrella
Tale of the Big Why : light blue paisley tie, white shirt
Three-Handed Game : deep purple or navy tie with white spot, pale grey shirt, grey bowler, umbrella and Chelsea boots
Gnaws : grey shirt, brown tie with white spots
Dead Men are Dangerous : cream silk shirt, blue tie with white spot, grey bowler and umbrella with cane handle
The Lion and the Unicorn : grey shirt, navy tie with white spot
Hostage : a pale blue shirt, navy tie with white spots, grey bowler hat in which Steed has hidden a pistol.
K is for Kill : part 2 : pale blue shirt, purple tie with white spots
Forward Base : white shirt, navy tie with white spot, grey bowler and umbrella

Gambit : Brown suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece light brown checked ‘action suit’, with single vent, a slit breast pocket, covered waist pockets (slanted, with two on the righthand side), the breast is tailored with darts; the trousers are flared. The waistcoat is backed in gold silk.

Worn with:

The Eagle’s Nest : light brown shirt with single French cuffs, and a dark brown tie
The Last of the Cybernauts…?? : as above
The Midas Touch : light brown shirt with single French cuffs, and a brown tie with white diamond motif
Cat Among the Pigeons : pale yellow shirt, brown tie
To Catch a Rat : as above
Faces : pale green shirt, bronze tie with white spots : twice — the first shirt has white collar and cuffs
Dirtier by the Dozen : pale yellow shirt with white collar and plaquet, metallic mustard tie
Gnaws : pale yellow shirt, grey tie

Steed : Grey checked suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece woollen suit with a brown velvet collar with slanted, covered waist pockets. A single button at waist & single vent keep an immaculately tailored look.

Worn with:

The Eagle’s Nest : cream shirt, brick red & blue paisley tie, occasionally with gloves, grey umbrella and grey bowler hat (containing a radio)
The Midas Touch : pale lemon shirt, metallic brown tie
Target! : cream shirt, bright gold tie
Tale of the Big Why : cream shirt, metallic brown tie
Angels of Death : cream shirt, bright gold tie (in a flash back to Target!)
Obsession : pale blue silk shirt, brown tie, black bowler hat and umbrella
Hostage : pale blue shirt, metallic copper tie, dark brown bowler hat