Welcome to Laura Holt's Closet. Today's episode is "Steel Framed" (Season 2, Episode 4) in which Laura wears separates.
The Outfit
Today, Laura pairs a black silk blouse with an olive tweed pencil skirt. The blouse boasts voluminous sleeves. Note that the top has a rather daring decolletage to about the middle of her sternum. A small-chested female such as Laura can make this deep-v office appropriate and not noticeable.
Accessories include a black leather belt and the pendant from "Steele Trap." The belt pulls this outfit together. Its structured presence mimics the straight forward, no nonsense skirt, and its color is the same as the blouse. Since the belt, the buckle and the blouse are the same color, there is the illusion of the blouse continuing a few inches more. This keeps a high-waisted skirt from appearing to swallow the petite young woman.
Briefly, Laura plays about with a hat at a milliner's office. The fedora happens to complement her outfit, so we'll keep it in.
Laura usually introduces traditionally-masculine clothing -like this fedora- only one piece at a time. For instance, our heroine not infrequently wears slacks (another traditionally-masculine garment), but rarely with a man's hat.
Let's recreate the look.
1. Etsy shop artaffect High Waist Tweed Pencil Skirt Alternative: Nordstrom Pointe Pencil Skirt 2. Nordstrom Trouvé Tonal Panel Silk Shirt 3. Orion Leather - Black Latigo Belt with Black Nickel Buckle 4. Hartford York Men's Grey Fedora 5. Grandin Road Copper Pendant
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We just had to include this photo of Remington in this episode going to a computer store to get a free demonstration of email. He's using it to communicate with Laura back at the office.
The man in charge of Compuworld bears some resemblance to certain Californian computer businessmen of the day, especially with the beard.
Buy Season 2 of "Remington Steele".
I was thinking Compuworld guy looked like Kylo Ren!
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