I’ve joined the Mad Men band­wagon. My friends have been ask­ing me to check it out, but I was still get­ting over The Wire. Going from The Wire to Mad Men requires a tran­si­tional period or pos­si­bly a time machine. Nonethe­less, I was bowled over by the writ­ing, act­ing and the look of the show. It seems the lim­i­ta­tions of basic cable have spurred the writ­ers to think out­side the box and tri­umph with a cre­ative edge only thought to be found on HBO or Show­time. Who knew intel­li­gent plots and fierce writ­ing could still exist? Sure I can’t relate specif­i­cally to the time period, but I can iden­tify with the char­ac­ters’ motives and dilem­mas. It’s also fas­ci­nat­ing to be intro­duced to a new world in which style and man­ners were expected and not saved for spe­cial occasions.

What I find strik­ing about the show, how­ever, is the cin­e­matic look and feel of it. Every­thing looks clean, shiny and new, which it was at that time. The actors and actresses look ter­rific, reflect­ing the period’s eco­nomic boom. Their style and fash­ion adds to their glam­our of casual smok­ing, sex and booze, specif­i­cally for Don and Betty Draper. It’s not that they are wear­ing any­thing trend­set­ting or fash­ion for­ward for that era, but wear­ing some­thing that is iconic and time­less for every­day use. The men are usu­ally wear­ing dark col­ored, slim fit­ting, two but­ton suits with skinny ties, com­pli­mented with a white dress shirt. It’s a sleek, sim­ple look that defines that era and atti­tude, which looks fresh and mod­ern today.

There’s been a grow­ing inter­est with the Mad Men 1960’s style with the show’s audi­ence, but also on the run­ways with fash­ion design­ers such as Michael Kors. Banana Repub­lic had a splashy cam­paign tied in with this season’s pre­miere, hop­ing to cash in on the Mad Men frenzy and their own clas­sic look. Per­son­ally, I like the cus­tom tai­lored, slim fit­ting suits and skinny ties with a clean white shirt and French cuffs. There’s a sim­ple ele­gance I find refresh­ing. It’s a look that can be a foun­da­tion for any man’s wardrobe, never going out of style like a fad, but proven to be a long term, qual­ity investment.

So for those of you out there famil­iar with the Mad Men series and style, what are your thoughts? Do you feel like get­ting a skinny tie or a fedora and think “What would Don Draper do?” Do you like that clas­sic look or go for some­thing else?

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