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Saturday, November 7, 2009

From TV to real-life: Where to find Mad Men-inspired fashion

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In this, our sixth episode of the Thread, we're going crazy for the glamorous, early-'60s style depicted on the amazing show Mad Men. Take a look...



Mad Men, the Golden Globe Award winning drama from AMC, has 17 Emmy nominations this year. (What a way to kick off the second season!) It's no surprise to us: The show has spectacular, strong female characters and incredible costumes, and it didn't take long for its influence to hit the fashion industry in a big way. We've highlighted two of our favorite, easy-to-pull-off looks from this season: The "wiggle dress" and the "full skirt".

Thefirst wiggle dress in dark blue satin is from Donna Rico and sells for $158.00 My personal favorite was this rich brown example with the bolero jacket, it's from Eliza J for $148.00 (available at Macy's stores). And wasn't the contemporary red wiggle dress from Macy's a great option too? It's Central Park West for $78.00 (also available at Macy's stores)













Full skirts are perfect if you're not comfortable with the form fitting wiggle dress because shape is so forgiving. The black satin full skirt is from DKNY C and sells for $99.00. The plaid wool full skirt is from Zara for $59.00 (that's a fantastic price because that skirt feels very expensive). And that black cotton modern version of the full skirt is 29.90 from H&M (available at H&M stores).

We got so caught up in Mad Men fashions this week that we chose a form-fitting David Meister red dress for me to wear in the opening moment of the segment. It's from Lord and Taylor and sells for $119, and the shoes are by Nine West.

And check out our "Ageless Beauty" Countdown featuring Jacquelyn Smith, Sandra Bullock and Debra Messing.

Thanks for checking out The Thread. We'll be back again soon with a new episode counting down the top five jeans for fall.

In the meantime, if there's anything you see that you'd like us to help you find, post some comments below or send me an email to sar_bernard@yahoo.com

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  • Michele's Avatar
    Posted by Michele Mon Aug 11, 2008 3:03pm PDT

    If we all had a body, like the boss's wife on "Mad Men." the designers would pay Us all to wear their outfits. LOL.

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  • Arthur's Avatar
    Posted by Arthur Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:52pm PDT

    Love the Michael Kors dresses featured

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  • JACK's Avatar
    Posted by JACK Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:08am PDT

    "Wiggle dress"? Give me a break! The form-fitting dress style is called a SHEATH, I believe.

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  • Keara's Avatar
    Posted by Keara Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:21am PDT

    I love the one from H&M cute and right in my price range. I do agree with Jack the "wiggle dress" a bit over the top.

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  • springtime's Avatar
    Posted by springtime Tue Aug 12, 2008 7:57am PDT

    Wiggle dress, my foot. The sheath is making a comeback. You can also see some great vintage dresses on " Swingtown", on CBS Friday nights.

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  • Anna MarieV's Avatar
    Posted by Anna MarieV Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:46am PDT

    I have a whole bunch of these at home and yes, "sheath" is the name of the dress that you're calling a "wiggle dress".

    As for the full skirt, wiggle with that one and you can say it's catching the "waves". Back then that was considered sexy as well.

    "Walk with a wiggle, wiggle when you walk".

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  • Britt Britt's Avatar
    Posted by Britt Britt Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:38pm PDT

    wow... jack sure seems to kno what he's talking about!

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  • @LBY's Avatar
    Posted by @LBY Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:49pm PDT

    Can anybody post a good website that sales vintage inspire dresses of the 1950's and 60's.

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  • Cougar Girl's Avatar
    Posted by Cougar Girl Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:52pm PDT

    very sexy, displaying (almost) everything while appearing modest. :o)

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  • Sunshine's Avatar
    Posted by Sunshine Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:16pm PDT

    I wore all that style, today we have much nicer fabric.

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