Picture this: It’s Halloween. Your doorbell rings. You grab the bowl of candy and open the door to hand out mini Snickers and Reese’s to trick-or-treaters.

Standing before you is a gaggle of small children, all of them wearing red wigs and floral blouses with bright-pink blazers and holding no fewer than three tote bags each. “What are you guys dressed up as?” you ask. “We’re Elsbeth Tascioni from CBS’s Elsbeth ,” the children shout in unison.

That’s the future we’re rapidly heading toward. Because Elsbeth Tascioni, the quirky lawyer who originated on The Good Wife and now helms a series of her own , has the kind of distinct signature look that spawns Halloween costumes for years to come. From the moment she first appears in the show’s pilot wearing a long pink coat and foam Statue of Liberty crown, it’s clear that a new fashion icon has arrived.

As that touristy accessory suggests, she’s new to New York, taking on a job observing the NYPD’s investigations under a consent decree. In the process, the ultraobservant Elsbeth becomes a sleuth herself, circumventing the police to solve each week’s crime. But her wardrobe is far more Carrie Bradshaw than Columbo, featuring increasingly vibrant colors, elaborate patterns and prints, zany faux -fur hats, and dozens of massive tote bags in which she presumably keeps her hundreds of brooches.

By dressing Carrie Preston in these exciting looks, the show’s costume designer, Daniel Lawson (an alum of the Go.