Murder, She Wrote: A Fashionable Way to Die Rewatch

May 2, 2015 3:12 PM - Season 4, Episode 1

Jessica jaunts to Paris at the beckon of an old friend, Eva Taylor (Barbara Rush), who is finally getting her big break as a fashion designer. When a Eva's financial backer of questionable connections is murdered and a witness pins Eva to the scene, Jessica must dig deep to find the truth.
posted by filthy light thief (3 comments total)

Holy '80s fashion: Sequins, giant flat purses, a silver spandex jumpsuit with gossamer wings, a black satin skirt cut up to here, and acres of metallic lamé!

There's also a new opening sequence to the show with more scenes of Jessica snooping around in mysterious places. I like it.
posted by mochapickle at 2:03 PM on May 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

Also, so many gloriously terrible fake French accents.

And I was kind of on the loan shark's side at first. $10,000 is a lot of someone else's money to spend, especially before you've made any of your own. Maybe prove that your line can be successful before you bet it all on one supermodel?
posted by Alexandra Michelle at 3:21 PM on May 3, 2015

I wish I had a screenshot of the strapless dress with the black velvet bodice and full gold lamé skirt. It's amazing. I would have coveted that in 1987 (and 88 and 89... and actually kind of even now)!

Eva should have asked Jessica for the 10K instead of dealing with the loan shark.
posted by mochapickle at 8:40 PM on May 3, 2015