Mad Men Continues to Influence Fashion
With Mad Men set to air its fourth season this Sunday, fashion lovers anxiously await the newest wardrobes of the infamous Drapers and their retinue.
Unless you’ve been cloistered away on an intergalactic space shuttle, you’ve probably noticed that since the series began in 2007, Mad Men has successfully reintroduced the grace and glamour of the early 1960s style. We see the show’s influence almost everywhere: in beauty (boujour rouge!), fashion and even furniture. The full skirt is more at home on a push-pin settee anyway. Yet, what intrigues me most about the Mad Men phenomenon is that it has successfully transformed both men and women’s fashion. Not surprisingly, since every Betty needs her Don. I can’t help but admire how stylish men’s clothing can be, and I welcome back the attention to detail, from the tailored lapels to the French cuff.
There is no sign of the Mad Men craze slowing down either. Case in point, the many Fall 2010 collections from fashion’s top designers. The runways welcomed the female silhouette for a change, where the typical boyish figure has been replaced with the contoured Maidenform frame, replete with bounding cleavage and va-va-voom hips. Take a look at the recent Vogue photo shoot with Ewen McGregor and model Natalia Vododianova playing the typical late 1950s married suburban couple. The elegance of the era and restrained passion are both superbly captured in this layout. Ultimately, the modern interpretation of the mid twentieth-century clothing proves that class is indeed timeless.
A great article.The pictures do not show any men wearing white socks.Ha The sixties did offer a masculine look for men.