Were all the shirts Dolce & Gabbana? I did have a couple of Spencer Hart shirts, but they were mostly from the mainline Dolce collection. Again, Benedict is very slim - we needed that silhouette, so that if he was sitting in the flat, I didn't want loads of fabric bulging out. Those Dolce shirts just suited his body - I didn't want anything too unusual or flamboyant.

Sherlock and watson runningSherlock’s scarf is by Paul Smith, another beloved British designer, and is always worn in the same way—a simple European loop. This tie is extremely quick to do and like Sherlock’s coat, indicates an inattentive carelessness;

It's an overcoat not a trench coat - that means it is made from wool, rather than cotton or leather. The coat used in the show is from Belstaff, their Milford Coat

The Sherlock Holmes hat is one of the most identifiable aspects of the fictional detective yet there is not a single mention of the word ‘deerstalker’ in any of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories or novels. This is unsurprising since the hat was traditionally worn in rural settings, especially for hunting as its name suggests, and the urban detective would have little need for a deerstalker in Victorian London. Yet the hat has become characteristic of Sherlock Holmes and, more broadly, any kind of sleuthing.