Mad Men style – clothing unfortunately

Mary-Frances O'Dea

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If you love Mad Men, you will love TLO’s (Project Rungay blog) posts on the Mad Men episodes and the styles that all the female characters wear. They do a fantastic job and I’d love to dissect the interiors as well, but feel a bit lacking in knowledge (but I’m still working on it).  So, if you haven’t checked it out – do! It’s a long series, so go back and read from the beginning (also a nice refresher on what happened over the last several seasons).

However , they also posted this cool Vogue Series (in case you haven’t noticed, Mid-century is a big deal right now) and so here’s some more neat current spins on 50’s fashion.

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