The Fashion Guide to The Avengers

Navy suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece woollen navy suit with a subtle check in the cloth. The jacket is fastened with two hard buttons & has a peak collar, finished with two slanted flapped waist pockets and a slit breast pocket. Unusually, its skirt has no vents but is flared for ease of movement. Worn with black Chelsea boots. As it appears in the credits, this is the only suit seen in every episode. Notwithstanding that, it does ‘properly’ appear in 1/5 of the series.

Worn with:

• Opening credits : white shirt, navy silk tie with a large tiepin, red carnation, black bowler hat and umbrella
• Escape in Time : white shirt, purple paisley tie, black bowler hat and umbrella
• The Correct Way to Kill : white shirt, paisley purple cravat, black bowler hat and umbrella
• The Correct Way to Kill : white shirt, blue cravat with white spot and a flower tiepin
• Who’s Who??? : white shirt, blue tie with navy spot, black bowler hat and umbrella
• Return of the Cybernauts : white shirt, purple/red patterned tie
• Death’s Door : pale grey shirt, purple and red patterned tie
• Death’s Door : embossed navy arrowhead pattern tie, white shirt

Charcoal chalk stripe suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece woollen charcoal suit with a white chalk stripe, widely spaced. The jacket is fastened with three hard buttons (the lowest is left undone) & has a notch collar, finished with two slanted flapped waist pockets; there is no breast pocket. The skirt has two vents for ease of movement. Worn with black Chelsea boots. This suit appears in about 1/3 of the series.

Worn with:

• From Venus with Love : white shirt, purple tie, brown bowler, black umbrella
• The Fear Merchants : white shirt, pale grey knitted tie, black bowler & umbrella
• The Winged Avenger : white shirt, paisley purple tie, black bowler & umbrella
• The Living Dead : pale grey shirt, red tie, midgrey bowler
• The Correct Way to Kill : white shirt, burgundy cravat
• Something Nasty in the Nursery : white shirt, red cravat, black tie pin, taupe bowler, black umbrella
• Death’s Door :white shirt, pale grey knitted tie, black bowler hat & umbrella
• Dead Man’s Treasure : pale grey shirt, pale grey knitted tie, grey bowler hat and umbrella, black shoes

Midnight blue tuxedo

He wears a midnight blue tuxedo with black satin notch collar and piping on the trouser legs. The jacket is fastened with a single cloth covered button and the skirt has two long vents. It’s worn with a ruffled pale blue dress shirt, deep midnight blue velvet bow tie and black dress shoes.

Worn in:

• From Venus with Love
• The Fear Merchants
• The See-Through Man
• Never, Never Say Die
• Return of the Cybernauts
• Death’s Door
• The £50,000 Breakfast
• Murdersville : he dons a knight’s helmet at the very end of the episode

Purple tuxedo

He wears a purple silk tuxedo with velvet upper collar. The lower collar appears to have a marble pattern, but it may just be the lighting. The jacket is fastened with a single cloth covered button and the skirt has two long vents. It’s worn with a ruffled pink dress shirt, purple velvet bow tie and black dress shoes.

A great disappointment to everyone, especially the wardrobe mistress, this garish suit was only ever worn in:

• From Venus with Love

Brown and green check blazer

He wears a single-breasted sports blazer with a green and brown tartan pattern; it has small, flap covered, pockets on the left breast and each hip, fastened with bone buttons. The jacket is fastened with three bone buttons & has a notch collar. The skirt has two vents above which is a small ‘belt’; under the yoke is a large pleat to allow the wearer complete freedom of movement. It’s normally worn with black and white houndstooth trousers, a light khaki shirt, green waistcoat and dark green and bronze tie, brown bowler hat, black umbrella, and brown suede Chelsea boots.

This is Steed’s favourite outfit, and appears in half of episodes of series 5. He wears a similar blazer with buttonless pockets and a single low dark waist button in series 6.

Worn with:

• From Venus with Love : pale green shirt, dark green silk tie, matching waistcoat, brown bowler and black umbrella, black & white houndstooth trousers, brown chelsea boots
• The Winged Avenger : pale green shirt, green/bronze tie, houndstooth trousers (or grey), brown bowler, black umbrella
• The Living Dead : pale brown shirt, green tie, houndstooth trousers (or grey)
• The Hidden Tiger : dark brown paisley cravat, houndstooth trousers, pale khaki shirt, brown suede boots
• Never, Never Say Die : dark brown paisley cravat, houndstooth trousers, white pinstriped shirt, brown suede boots; the shirt changes later on to a pale khaki one
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station : dark brown paisley cravat, houndstooth trousers, pale yellow-brown shirt, brown suede boots
• Something Nasty in the Nursery : cream shirt, burg/brown paisley cravat gold pin, brown bowler & umbrella, houndstooth trousers
• Death’s Door : brown/red cravat gold pin, pale khaki shirt, br bowler & umbrella, houndstooth trousers, green socks, brown suede Chelsea boots
• The £50,000 Breakfast : yellow shirt, brown diamond motif tie
• You Have Just Been Murdered : houndstooth trousers, white pinstriped shirt, dark brown tie
• The Positive Negative Man : yellow shirt, brown tie, brown bowler & umbrella, houndstooth trousers
• Mission: Highly Improbable : houndstooth trousers, yellow shirt, dark brown tie, brown bowler

Grey herringbone suit

He wears a single-breasted 3-piece herringbone suit. The jacket is fastened with three hard buttons & has a notch collar, finished with two slanted flapped waist pockets and a flap breast pocket. The skirt has one long vent.

Worn with:

• From Venus with Love : pale blue shirt, blue tie, black bowler and umbrella — the bowler is later turned white by the diabolical mastermind’s laser
• The Fear Merchants : pale blue shirt, dark blue silk tie, black bowler and umbrella
• The Winged Avenger : cream shirt, crimson tie with small black spot, pale grey socks, tan suede shoes
• The Living Dead : grey shirt, red tie with small black spot, black bowler hat and umbrella
• Never, Never Say Die : white shirt, red tie