Season 1, Episode 3, Columbo - Dead Weight (1971)
This episode was directed by Jack Smight, and written by Richard Levinson, William Link, and John T. Dugan. The three best outfits in this episode are: 1) Helen Stewart’s bandana ensemble: She’s sailing, badly, in a bright red butterfly collar bandana print blazer, black tee, dark denim flares... ...accessorized with gold hoop earrings, matching red bandana kerchief on her head and bright red wedge espadrilles. Honorable mention to her mom’s yellow poly pants and psychedelic floral tunic with bright yellow espadrilles in this scene. 2) Major General Hollister’s nautical evening wear: He rocks a bright cobalt blue blazer with gold buttons and a red camp collar shirt underneath paired with white pants as he wines and dines the only witness to his crime: 3) Helen Stewart is impeccably dressed throughout this episode and it’s impossible to pick just one more but we have to go with her patchwork hippie maxi caftan wi...