Dressing Mad Men

Series Four of Mad Men just ended and I don’t know how I’m going to cope without my Joan fix for however long it is until Series Five hits the US.

I

NEED

JOAN

Also Betty is totally buff too, and you can’t afford not to mention AskMen.com’s most influential man of 2009- Mr Donald Draper.

(N.B If you don’t watch Mad Men- watch it. And if you already do- *high five*)

Today’s feature is going to help you lot buck up your style ideas and show you how to dress like a prissy housewife/saucepot secretary/highflying ad man/goody-two-shoes-with-a-shady-past copy writer- and all on the high street!

BETTY:

Think-

Florals

Knee length full skirts

Pastel colours

Necessary Accessories-

Pearls

Neuroticism

Cigarettes

Real-Life Examples

http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/firecracker-belted-dress_205986704

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33057&storeId=12556&productId=1922092&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=208523&parent_categoryId=203984&sort_field=Relevance&pageSize=200

(admittedly these are both kind of horrible but Bets is much more of a Spring/Summer rather than Autumn/Winter kind of gal.)

JOAN:

Think-

Skin tight

Cleavage but not too much cleavage

Jewel colours

Necessary Accessories-

Sleek up-do

Big stud earrings like dis-

http://www.accessorize.com/mega-80s-chain-stud-earrings/invt/78187903/?bklist=icat,4,shop,jewelleryshop,jewelleryshopearrings

Sassy coquettish attitude

Curves that could kill a man at forty paces

Real-Life Examples

http://www.missselfridge.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33055&storeId=12554&productId=2002096&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=222490&parent_categoryId=208100&sort_field=Relevance&pageSize=40

if it was a nicer colour like teal or something

http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&langId=-1&storeId=12552&catalogId=33053&parent_category_rn=&categoryId=208789&productId=2057979

(I WANT THIS)

DON:

Think-

Grey/navy single-breasted two button suit

White shirt

Skinny tie

And on special occasions you can whack out the loud check jacket

Necessary Accessories-

A double whiskey on the rocks

Some Luckies

A plethora of bits on the side ;)

Real-Life Examples

http://www.burton.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33052&storeId=12551&productId=1938169&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=209128&parent_categoryId=208978&sort_field=Relevance&pageSize=20&refinements=Colour{1}~[grey]&noOfRefinements=1

http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33056&storeId=12555&productId=2010946&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=207248&parent_categoryId=207298&sort_field=Relevance&pageSize=20&refinements=Colour{1}~[grey]&noOfRefinements=1

PEGGY:

Think-

Checks

Brown/sludgy colours
Bows

Cardigans

Sensible shoes

No makeup

Necessary Accessories-

Go-getter attitude

Dodgy fringe

Dodgy ponytail

Post-makeover: decent bob

Real-Life Examples

http://www.newlook.com/shop/womens/dresses/apricot-tartan-dress_213521969

http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=33053&storeId=12552&productId=2057847&langId=-1&sort_field=Relevance&categoryId=208789&parent_categoryId=226988&sort_field=Relevance&pageSize=200




Hope you enjoyed reading and I fully expect you all to take heed and become instant snappy dressers.