before castle it would appear that she never really had a reason to get all dressed up, and the charity event was last minute so i wasn't shocked at all that she didn't have anything to wear.

I agree with MereBelle, I think that now she has a reason to dress up because of Castle. And before her job was just being a detective, now with Castle aboard, there are more Book releases etc. that she attends to, that she wouldn't have without him. Giving her a reason to dress up.

And I think the blue dress was the best color for her.

And as a side note, I think this would be a great dress for Lanie

http://www.greatglam.com/pd-yo…..agenta.cfm

Or this would be neat

http://www.greatglam.com/pd-ke…..ng-up1.cfm

I love her blue dress as well. It's funny that I never really thought about these gorgeous dresses Beckett was magically whipping out of her seemingly lacking closet. She DOES have a lot of clothes now that I think about it. She changes a few times every episode. Goodness!

Ok, because i'm obsessive, and it attracted my attention – i went back and counted the number of coats/jackets she's worn this season. It's an average of four per show, sometimes five and comes to (at least) 24 so far. I say at least because some of the leather bomber jackets are hard to distinquish from one another – all great but difficult to separate. The most frequently worn coat is the green leather trenchcoat that must make her rather unusual coloured eyes even more vibrant.

Mis said:

I'm in total lust with that green leather trench coat! So classy, yet modern.

It would be kind of interesting to have some sort of back story on her clothes, because I don't know how much NYC detectives make, but I would guess it's under $100k. That ain't a lot living alone in NYC. Therefore, it seems kind of unlikely that she would have $1,100 for a Herve Leger dress – family money? Eh it's all part of the fantasy and doesn't really matter in the end, but I'm just an annoying Virgo with a writing degree. LOL

I think it's pretty safe to assume no real female detective would be wearing the type of clothing Stana does on the series.  If you even discount the gazillion jackets and dresses/blouses, I can guarantee NO FEMALE who may have to chase down perps is wearing Stana's heels!!!!  I think we just have to assume the producers want a "glamorized" version of female detectives and not the real thing here. 

SydneyDeb said:

rvandsing said:

I think it's pretty safe to assume no real female detective would be wearing the type of clothing Stana does on the series.  If you even discount the gazillion jackets and dresses/blouses, I can guarantee NO FEMALE who may have to chase down perps is wearing Stana's heels!!!!  I think we just have to assume the producers want a "glamorized" version of female detectives and not the real thing here. 

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no way would she wear those heels, she'd end up with a broken ankle and I would imagine not be able to run very fast in them. As for clothes I'd still not say she has a lot but more than before. Kate's a mix and match girl so it looks like she has a lot more clothes. Maybe Rick has bought a few for her? What she has is good stuff so I'd say she'd be quite annoyed if they were destroyed

was she wearing those heels in her subway chase scene?

thumper said:

SydneyDeb said:

rvandsing said:

I think it's pretty safe to assume no real female detective would be wearing the type of clothing Stana does on the series.  If you even discount the gazillion jackets and dresses/blouses, I can guarantee NO FEMALE who may have to chase down perps is wearing Stana's heels!!!!  I think we just have to assume the producers want a "glamorized" version of female detectives and not the real thing here. 

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no way would she wear those heels, she'd end up with a broken ankle and I would imagine not be able to run very fast in them. As for clothes I'd still not say she has a lot but more than before. Kate's a mix and match girl so it looks like she has a lot more clothes. Maybe Rick has bought a few for her? What she has is good stuff so I'd say she'd be quite annoyed if they were destroyed
 

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was she wearing those heels in her subway chase scene?

i tried going back and looking for those heels specifically but it was hard to tell. i would hazard a guess at no though, she was going pretty fast after that guy.

heidigjr said:

thumper said:

SydneyDeb said:

rvandsing said:

I think it's pretty safe to assume no real female detective would be wearing the type of clothing Stana does on the series.  If you even discount the gazillion jackets and dresses/blouses, I can guarantee NO FEMALE who may have to chase down perps is wearing Stana's heels!!!!  I think we just have to assume the producers want a "glamorized" version of female detectives and not the real thing here. 

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no way would she wear those heels, she'd end up with a broken ankle and I would imagine not be able to run very fast in them. As for clothes I'd still not say she has a lot but more than before. Kate's a mix and match girl so it looks like she has a lot more clothes. Maybe Rick has bought a few for her? What she has is good stuff so I'd say she'd be quite annoyed if they were destroyed
 

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was she wearing those heels in her subway chase scene?

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i tried going back and looking for those heels specifically but it was hard to tell. i would hazard a guess at no though, she was going pretty fast after that guy.

Okay, I know I've been hearing this before, and I really wanna get to the bottom of this. Therefore, I took a couple screencaps from the episode on Hulu to see what is the real deal.

Beckett in the van before the chase. She is clearly wearing heels.

But here, it looks like she's not wearing a heel. I brought up the brightness so it would be easier to see.

After watching the van scene through the chase scene, it didn't look like Beckett had enough time to change her shoes. Based on this, I'm inclined to believe Stana wore sneakers or something just for the chase scene to make it easier. Thoughts?

Kalliope said:

It's really hard to tell whether she's wearing heels in the chase scene or not… they filmed it this way, so we can't see her feet almost at all, but it seems to me in the second pic that there are no heels there. So it's quite possible that Stana wore flat shoes just for the chase scene to make it easier.

I agree on this, but I found this link educational on running with high heels:

Quoting myself from the post 218 topic:

And now for something completely different: running in heels. I don't use high heels myself, so even walking looks very difficult to me. And I'm thinking those must be some very very strong shoes to take that kind of not intended abuse. But over on abc.com I found the thread, post and link (thanks TheOldPI) that give me a whole new perspective on heels: see the video at http://shoeminx.com/kelly-ripa…..-pedicure/ 

I also find it really hard to tell in the pictures too. But I've ran in heels before (4"), and it's not overly difficult. You just run on the balls of your feet. Although, I'm used to wearing heels and they don't bother me. For my prom last year, I wore 4" heels from 12 noon until 1:30 in the morning. The only time I was sitting was during the speeches, in the limo, etc. Given, I've never had to chase a serial killer and jump a turnstile wearing them, but from experience running isn't impossible. And I'd say that Stana is used to wearing heels anyway (ie. public appearances, award shows, etc.), so it's probally not a huge stretch. I've noticed that in some other scenes throughout the show it's obvious that she's running in heels. However, for the chase scene in 2x18, I think she might have had on flatter shoes. I don't have a screen cap, but did anyone notice what she had on her feet when she jumped the turn stall? I'd think it'd be kinda dangerous, though … I mean, if her heel caught on the bar, or she stumbeled running down that stairs… that would not be good!!!