Columbo Clothes and Laughs

POLL: Columbo S3E5 - Publish or Perish - Which outfit is your favorite?    Riley Greenleaf's polka dots   Alan Mallory's brown denim shacket       Eileen McRae's red hat outfit     Riley Greenleaf's houndstooth blazer     Riley Greenleaf's pink shirt with red tie  

Season 3, Episode 5, Columbo - Publish or Perish (1974)   This episode was directed by Robert Butler and written by Peter Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link.  The three best outfits in this episode are:  1) Riley Greenleaf's polka dot shirt outfit:    He's wearing a navy and white polka dotted huge butterfly collared shirt under a navy blazer with white buttons and a white pocket square.       He's paired this with some gray flannel trousers and looks like the ultimate 1973 slightly nautical, slightly preppy, slightly disco, ever so hip gentleman.      2) Eagle eyes for fashion will notice that murder victim Alan Mallory is sporting the exact same brown denim western blazer with white contrast stitching and shoulder epaulets that Enrico Guiseppe Carsini ( S3E2 Any Old Port in a Storm ) is wearing when his brother bops him on the head with a gold pot.    This outfit seems to incite murderous rage.     3) E...

Season 3, Episode 4:  “Columbo” Double Exposure (TV Episode 1973)     This episode was directed by Richard Quine, and written by Richard Levinson, William Link, and Stephen Cannell. The three best outfits in this episode are: 1) Brimmer/Hanlon/now Dr. Bart Keppel's green blazer!     Robert Culp trots out this dark green jacket with leather covered buttons and western back styling for a third time. Recall he wore this in both " Death Lends a Hand " and " The Most Crucial Game ."     He goes back to his first look by pairing it again with a bright red tie, opting this time for beige slacks:       2) Keppel's supermarket surveillance outfit:        He's wearing a yellow canvas cropped motorcycle jacket, tight bootcut flare dark denim jeans, and white sneakers, probably pro-Keds      We wonder if the yellow jacket is a nod to the yellowjacket hornet - Keppel also has a vicious stinger.     These n...

POLL: Columbo S3E3, Candidate for Crime - Which outfit is your favorite?      Linda Johnson's scarlet letter "A" dress   Vickie Hayward's psychedelic green dress   Linda's white pointelle sweaterdress   Linda's brown ribbed knit v-neck dress with belt  and back:   Vickie's pink plunging v-neck polyester gown Nelson Hayward's gray and blue plaid tweed suit