As I sit here in the time between television and a sense of nostalgia for my favorite show, Mad Men, May I just have to dress up your family and friends and keep the plot rolling in his invented world. If you've never seen Mad Men, you're crazy! This Golden Globe and Emmy-winning television drama that airs on the AMC channel is part of a large brow drama, part social commentary, and some spooky fun kitschy. Set the TiVo for a season in four 2010 if you are not afraid to dive into the issues of cigarette smoking, drinking, sexism, adultery, homophobia, antisemitism and racism that were present in 1960.
One thing you'll notice immediately when watching Mad Men is the historical authenticity and visual style of the 60s costumes, sets and locations. Designers spend painstaking hours of re-recording of the time, went shopping thrift stores, hunting through antique markets, loans from private collections and create replicas of clothing, furniture and props. With a little ingenuity, an attack by a grandparent in a closet and some good costume props, you can create a Mad Men costume of their choice.
Imagine ultra-cool you exude when you walk in the room, Don Draper, one of the partners of a fictional NYC ad agency. You just need a dark suit and thin black tie to pull the classic silhouette of this dashing and central character. Add a bit of hair pomade and be sure to wear a silver lighter and glass half-filled with scotch.
ladies will feel all the Grace Kelly dress up as his stunning, but ice-cold wife Betty Draper. Pay tribute to his former days as a model for an evening dress in retro dress and elbow length gloves (for client dinner, of course) or go to her athletic Mad Men costumes, equestrian outfit. Don a wig if you do not, of course, have their coiffed and blonde hair.
Other Mad Men costumes for women include Peggy, a secretary turned copywriter and his office (gasp!) who is known by its short tail and bangs brunette. To remove her Mad Men suit, plaid dress will give you a nice, conservative style she likes. For more va-va-va-Voom lady, dressing up as a manager, Joan Holloway, will help you make a memorable entrance. Just wear a red wig and make sure your curvy figure is expressed in all the right places!
Men can dress up as an agency big-wigs and silver fox Roger Sterling, motivated top-comer Pete Campbell, Paul Kinsey, creative types or more of the other guys in uredu.Jedan common denominator is pretty much all carry the same 60 s suit in small variations in color. Add a horn-rim glasses, bow ties, vests, briefcases and other accessories that give your Mad Men costume extra flair.