for some the 60s never left as a benchmark of style

personally, while i enjoy watching Madmen and 60s style back on the forefront of "fashion", it's a bit annoying hearing everyone refer to Madmen or Thom Browne when they see you wearing the look (oh you look like a character from Madmen), since many of us have been wearing this style for years when the mainstream hadn't a clue

I have just finished watching season 1 on DVD. I think it's quite a good series so far, visually and story wise. I think the characters lines are very well written.

Is this how they really behaved in advertising back then? I can't believe how much they drink and smoke. No wonder that guy had a coronary. Was this way of life back then through lack of knowledge on the pitfalls of excess drinking and smoking?

Great pics Chris. Thanks for sharing. I'm a DVD dweeb, so I'm waiting for season two to hit the stores. Every once in a while though I'll get back from work to catch my girlfriend watching them online. It's like a Draper affair or something.

Best.

I too feel the pull of downloads (my friends think it is ridiculous that I haven't cracked and downloaded season two) but I genuinely prefer buying the sets. I guess it's the collector in me (that Mad Men zippo lighter set being a pretty good case in point, even if it is annoying to get the discs in and out). That said, there are two shows from your country that have reduced me to a virtual thief--Peepshow and Saxondale (which finally got a legit release over here just recently).

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I think my fave outfit in season 2 is the episode where Draper goes to LA, in particular I like the navy polo/white trouser ensemble.  real simple, classic, and totally evokes the early 60s smart casual wear

I'd even do her from the front.

I was wrong in another thread that I posted. Season 2 was the summer of 1962. Season 3 advances the story into the Fall of 1963. The year of my most concious living memory from early childhood at the age of eight.
    I remember a lot of season 2 but I always wondered about that scene where Don is in California and suddenly discovers the southern California car culture. The same one the Beach Boys wrote songs about. Must have been other scenes that were cut. Just the slightest hint of a significant part of growing up in the 60s. The cars kids drove.

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