(click to enlarge)I'm breaking from the norm with this post to present a few images from the website for AMC's Mad Men. These are promo shots for Season 3, which takes place during the mid-1960s (1964 to 1965, from what I understand).
Try to ignore Christina Hendricks (it's tough, I know) and take a look at the suit worn by Jon Hamm (as Don Draper). A 3/2 roll to the three-button, or a "three-button with button-on-center" in J. Press terminology. He's wearing something akin to a Brooks Brothers No. 1 stripe repp tie. Narrow lapels. Some padding to the shoulder but nothing excessive. Forward point white shirt, TV fold pocket square. I think it's a good representation of what a man in Don Draper's position on Madison Ave. would wear during this period (not Ivy, but still somewhat conservative). Two buttons on the sleeve would have been appropriate, but I'm sure that three was also common then. I'm also wondering whether Vincent Kartheiser's tie is almost too narrow.
This promo shot features four supporting characters. The costumers really do wonderful work on this show. Back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.
