AS SUAVE AS 007

SOPHISTICATED, inscrutable and almost demure in this purple blouse, the assassin has regained her confidence, cash and posh clothes.

‘By episode three she’s cool, strong and determined. I wanted to portray this,’ says Mitchell, who combined the Isabel Marant high-necked blouse with a velvet black horse motif jacket by Chloe.

‘She’s almost the closest you’ll get to the stereotypical assassin at this point. But it’s not a full, matching suit, it’s Villanelle’s eclectic take on it,’ Mitchell adds. She won’t discuss the clothes’ cost, but the jacket is believed to be £1,225 and the blouse £220.

Mitchell used more muted tones for scenes in London and involving MI6. ‘Overseas, Villanelle has this playful, bright wardrobe. When she’s back in the UK she might take on the MI6 colour palette.’

Which all suggests she could be hot on Eve’s trail…