The Avengers ("Castle De'Ath") / Diana Rigg as Mrs. Emma Peel
I know--"Avengers again?" But they have so many wonderful non-dresses!
For a trip to Scotland, Emma wears this sleeveless tartan ensemble with a military style cardigan. Notice the epaulets and the frogging design at the cuffs. I like how the design on the pants is straight and the top is on the bias--it adds some visual variety that keeps the whole thing from being overwhelming.
Y’know, if you prefer to focus on things other than the romance/sex aspects in The Avengers, I think that’s legit. If you try to claim that focusing on the romance/sex aspects in The Avengers is wrong/gross/desperate/ruins the show/heteronormative/allonormative/etc., I think that’s a really mean, childish way of engaging with this show.
The Avengers ("Quick Quick Slow Death") / Diana Rigg as Mrs. Emma Peel
It's interesting to see how Mrs. Peel's costumes changed between her first season on The Avengers (the last season for the show in black and white) versus her second season (the show's first season in color). The first season had more high-contrast patterns and details, while the second season relied more on clean lines and solid blocks of color.
This striking coat and dress combination is a good example. The coat features a bold black-on-white cross-shaped pattern, while the dress underneath is the reverse. The contrast is also echoed in the beret with its dark ring like a target (particularly amusing since it's used in a shooting scene), the two-tone gloves, and the black shoes with white straps.
okay so I am ~2 episodes into The Avengers on britbox (which doesn't start at the beginning - is this a copyright thing or an Oh Yeah We Burned Some Of It thing?) and I know 60s telly well enough that I know there is a zero percent chance that Steed and Peel are ever going to do anything with all that sexual tension but this will not stop me hoping they will anyway.
he keeps calling her Mrs Peel, reminding me that as a 60s TV Widow she is a single (ie available) woman who can be assumed to have had sex at some point (but not in a SHOCKING!! way) and she's probably angsty about her dead husband but she also craves the touch of a man now and... anyway like I said am aware that there is NO WAY they're going to get it on but damn.