5. Nessa Stein, The Honourable Woman

4. Bel Rowley, The Hour
Regular readers of my blog who thought I might have moved on from talking about The Hour by now are sadly out of luck. Much as I could gush about Lix's elegant trousers & nonchalant cigarette combinations, or Marnie's perfect princess housewife dresses, it is the wardrobe of Bel Rowley which I must constantly return to. As a female producer of a brand new current affairs programme, she has a lot to prove in the still very sexist world of the 1950s. Rather than trying to blend in with the men, she wears gorgeous skirt suits in bright primary colours. Romola Garai, who has an incredible figure, looks great in Bel's pencil skirts and padded shoulders with nipped-in waists. She basically looks beautiful and in-control all the time, even when she is having a crisis of confidence.
3. Teresa Lisbon, The Mentalist
It is, of course, difficult to compete with the expert three-piece-suit wearer Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), but Agent Lisbon (Robin Tunney) doesn't need to try. Her style is a wholly different affair. She looks smart enough for the office in relaxed shirts and classic black suits, but she's also pretty ready to draw her gun and pursue criminal's at a moment's notice, often in the same suit, or sometimes wearing a leather jacket and matching boots. Her outfits are almost like a more casual, Californian version of those worn by her counterpart Detective Kate Beckett in the New York-based show Castle. What I love about Teresa is that she isn't a showman like Patrick - there's no need for fancy suits or for rifling through other people's cupboards looking for tea - she just gets on with her job and does it well. It's why they make a great team.
2. Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife
Forgive me, Good Wife aficionadoes, for I've only just caught up with the hype and started watching this series, but I'm already hooked on Alicia's story, as well as her outfits. Costume designer Dan Lawson says he likes to dress people in a "column of colour" for a strong, powerful look. And it really works, whether in a suit or a dress, because it makes you seem taller. It also creates a sleek professional look which works well with Julianna Margulies' glossy dark hair. It would be a travesty not to also mention Diane (Christine Baranski), whose cool glamour is just the right mix of Hollywood and the courtroom, and Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), who keeps things rather more casual but still interesting, similar to other TV investigators like the aformentioned Lisbon and Beckett.
1. Carol Rance, Episodes
Toiling away at a TV network where she is always number two to bosses of variably unhinged temperaments (whom she invariably ends up in bed with), Carol manages to always maintain her upbeat approach. That's what I love about her: she's an embodiment of all the optimism of LA. She manages to pull off a range of workwear, though mostly based around figure-hugging cuts. I also often notice when I'm watching what great arms Kathleen Rose Perkins has, and the costume department has obviously noticed too, often choosing sleeveless pieces with high necklines which draw attention to those arms and her signature haircut. Her minimal aesthetic makes Carol look like a woman who knows what she's doing, and since she's practically been running the network for so many years, she probably does.
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I love that actress from Episodes! Do you know where that dress is from?
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