Fashion Expert Fact Checks Mad Men's Wardrobe | Glamour
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- Fashion historian Raissa Bretaña fact checks the historical accuracy of costumes and wardrobe in the hit TV drama Mad Men. Raissa explores how costume designer Janie Bryant created iconic styles for leading ladies; Betty Draper, Joan Holloway, and Peggy Olson, through a specific formula of silhouette and color palettes.
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The best part of the costumes on the show is that the characters RE-WORE OUTFITS. I love that fact so much
Me too! Not many shows do that, think Big Bang did
I loved that about Downton Abbey too!
I love that too on a show. In the past it has always been new clothes every scene.
Yes! Clothes were investments, not meant to be replaced every time a Kardashian posts a new pic. 😒
I’d rather have one good piece of clothing made by people treated well than a dozen pieces that will look warped and worn after 2 washes. We need to bring back slow fashion.... and that cool pen necklace!
Thats something I loved about miss fishers murder mysteries. All the characters would reuse either whole outfits or components of previous ones
sooo what you’re saying is that mad men is historically accurate and a GREAT show
the show's creator was actually adamant about being as historically accurate as possible! it's my favourite show
Apparently down to the weather conditions.
Chantelle G 😂🤣
Yep! I love Peggy's style.
@@leoninehuman It wouldn't be the same show if they weren't closely accurate to the styles and fashions of the era.
i’m glad they got a better artist though, much more realistic
*Shivering remembering Mulan*
The cringy cartoons were always the worst part of these videos. Definitely glad they seem to have leveled up.
Maybe you should express yourself more respectful
They finally listened to all of the comments.
Next we need to get Fact Checks on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
omg yes
fun fact: I'm pretty sure they use the same costume renter, I've met her and she's lovely! there's a whole tiny industry of people in NYC who hoard aesthetic objects and amazing vintage pieces for advertisers and shows to rent.
YES please
Kelsey Vandercoy yeeeees
@@nataliella97 Maybe, but the show was made in Los Angeles after the pilot which was shot in a real office in NYC. If you watch the DVD's some have commentary tracks with the costumer. Some pieces were vintage (like Don's suits) and some constructed.
I wish Megan had been included in this list!
and Sally too !!
Part 2 with Megan and sally PLEASE
And trudy! I looooved her style towards the end of the series!
Megan wasnt one of the 3 core women.
i want a breakdown of every single characters style. i love madmen and i love fashion so i’m in heaven 😂
I don't even watch Mad Men but I love watching Raisa Bretaña explaining fashion. OMG she's awesome!!
william costa where do you usually watch her? (Does she have a channel?)
Her understanding of character is quite on point. I love the references to 50s styles and the way they held on at the beginning of the decade.
william costa watch it fool
postmodern classic shows you need to watch before you succumb to coronavirus include:
*Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad and Mad Men*
@@Bee-nw6df I only watch her here. I love her comments on historic accuracy in film costume
My grandma still wears a bullet bra when she is dressing up aka going to church. LOL
What happened to the Betty Page look ? Joan Holloway vs Betty Page. I wanna see that battle of the lingerie.
🤣
Adorable!
Let her feel beautiful >_
minnied84 Mine does too!
The wardrobe on this show BLEW ME AWAY when it was airing! It's like a whole other character. I lived for the Tom and Lorenzo analysis posts. This is basically my favorite decade of fashion and the amount of research, care, and detail that went into not only the costuming, but the set and production design on Mad Men still gets me so hype. Janie Bryant is such a treasure. I love Raissa's commentary in general and any excuse to remember how good the style was in Mad Men.
Yes! Another TLo follower! I lived for those analysis posts, too!
Not only outfit, the make up was wonderful. I loved Betty make up so much that I looked after lipstick with her palette
doctor: “you have 17 minutes and 12 seconds left to live”
me:
Year
x2
HONESTLY
Being a child of the 50's and 60's (I was born in 1952) I saw and lived the clothing featured. My mother wore the sheath dresses of the 50's and even though she wore aprons, she mostly wore pants or skirts. I dressed very much like most kids of the period until I turned about thirteen. Then I began dressing in my own style: mini skirts, bright colored stockings, boots ect . . . Even as old as I am, I still like wearing bell bottoms and ponchos 😊✌💗
You were born the same year as my mom! And she still loves bell bottoms and regards the style of '65-'75 to be the best era. She rubbed off on me. Also when I was a teenager in the late 90s and early 2000s, the flare jeans were back in style again so they will always be my favorite no matter what.
earlene wallace w
You have the cutest picture is that you?
You are amazing
I love the 40s and 50s styles and have started to wear them exclusively now. I always get asked why am I dressed up... I love it, so wear what you want if it makes you feel good!
Can we Fact Check 'That 70s Show' or 'Stranger Things'?
Adelin Zipman THAT 70S SHOW 😍😍
Stranger Things doesn't really need a fact check considering 80s fashion is still fresh in the minds of many of it's viewers.
I love that 70s show
it doesnt really need it
Update: they did stranger things
Love love love this. I also like that Betty and Don don’t dramatically shift styles in the show, but both Peggy and Stan did. Interesting parallel.
eurojack44 It makes sense because older adults tend to be more set in their style whereas younger adults tend to adapt to the current styles. That’s why you often see your parents or grandparents wearing the same clothes that were popular in their youth. People tend to latch onto a style that works for them in their 20s and then mostly stick with it (or something similar to it) for the rest of their lives.
Haha Stan's style transformation was crazy
Please do The Crown
Alison Padilla crown copied Queen’s historic clothing, so they are accurate.
They did a video
They just recently did for The Crown, but I also wished they will also do a part 2 of the video, to give way for the male clothing (The Duke of Windsor, Prince Charles, and Lord Snowdon have interesting styles and prints) and for the seasons 5-6 (and waiting to see if they’ll show Diana’s revenge dress!).
can we appreciate how great the woman speaking looks? that 60's look is FLAWLESS on her
she had no business showing up THAT SNATCHED! and her nails? FLAWLESS serve indeed
I loved Betty's outfits when she and Don went to Rome. Actually, she had the best outfits of the show, and I also loved the iconic dress that Megan wore when she sang the French song.
I was just coming to comment about Betty in Rome. The hairstyle and outfit were amazing!
Loved Betty’s fashion.
As much as I love these vintage shows, it's made it impossible to buy vintage clothes at a decent price.
Heather rue not to mention the sizing. They were so little back then. I’m a size 6/8 and it’s impossible to find any vintage clothing my size. Repro all the way.
@Omara Oliver LOL! I wear a girdle with mine, so that the dresses lay nicely.
@@Seestorofmordor97 Really? I wear the same size and never have a problem on Etsy or Ebay. I search for my waist measurement. My problem is that dresses that used to be 50 bucks are going for 200 to 300 now.
Heather rue im built a little bit out of the norm, too. But it is getting SUPER expensive, too. 💛 I’ve bought a whole bunch of patterns and plan to see vintage clothes so they’re a perfect fit. Probably cheaper, too 🤷🏼♀️
@@Seestorofmordor97 I wish I could sew well enough to make my own! Good on you!! :)
Not including fashion icon Megan Draper in this is a crime!!!!
Sarah Patterson Agreed!! She really represented the youth of the late 60s and turned looks every time she was on screen
Maybe a two parter? I wonder how they'd do Sally, maybe include Dawn and Trudy and Marie too
i took a random chance on watching MadMen years ago, turns out its one of the best shows iv ever watched, didnt want it to end..
The 60's had some of the coolest fashion!
I love the 60's because I love the 20's! The 1960's was kind of like an update and appreciation of flapper style, the rebellious knee-length skirts became mini skirts and the focus of fashion was yet again on the youth.
Give me another decade that had three fashion movements!
The 60's didn't really start until 1963 with the Beatles and Mary Quant.
Omara Oliver the 40’s weren’t feminine, a lot of women’s fashion was based on men’s uniforms. The 50’s were feminine(and ew), but I do prefer the 40’s.
i love the attention to detail mad men has. they really made sure everything was accurate!!
Betty Draper’s fashion is breathtaking to me. I love the colors she used for her skin tone.
"or sometimes incorporate a small bow.."
Graphic circles MASSIVE bow...
If that's a "small" bow I'd like to see what's considered a "big" bow.
"Sexism, racism, alcoholism, and incessant chain smoking."
So, being honest and accurate.
People forget the reality of previous decades, and we're doing no favours by trying to cover them up either.
That's where the difference in realism between shows like Mad Men and Stranger Things really show. I still enjoy them both, though.
Nah.... it’s 2020 Hyperbole and obsessing over TISMS..... lacking psychological context which explains why people had certain views....
@@alejandromolinac Context. e.g. Providing context to sexism wouldn't be vilifying men for having "ignorant attitudes" because of "stricter gender roles". It would be noting that they were describing women, and reacting to women, and treating women based on the actual, empirical behaviour of women, not made up preconceptions.
Drop the ugly racism part other than that sounds like my type of decade.
@@derryk1 Nah, that's spice on the dish.
nah, betty didn't stick to the 50s style because she didn't want to throw out her old clothes 😂 it's because her mindset was stuck in the olden days, and you see it in every aspect of her life. that's why she had to die, she wasn't able to adapt.
I said the same thing about her not being able to adapt. Her style showed that she was nostalgic.
What do you think it says about Koan that she still has elements of her wiggle dress inclinations
Someone watched the take's mad men character study series.
okay...that's the figurative reason...
if Betty was a real person...it would be more like what the historian is saying...
@@cristinadecisneros3987 I don't think so, she has always been wealthy and always had a certain status.
In the last two seasons, Peggy wore my favorite dress when I was in the eighth grade-a short sleeve navy dress with a set in waist and A-line silohoutte. Her dress had red inverted pleats on each side of the skirt. My inverted pleats were gold. The year my mother bought that dress for me was 1963.
"Sanforized" cotton does not mean that it does not have to be ironed. Sanforized is the old style term for "pre shrunk" meaning that the garments are made of washed and dried cotton that has already shrunk to its final size before purchase. This means that when trying on clothes you do not need to factor in a shrink factor.
I thought it meant Fred Sandford wore them,lol
@@summerbreeze553 😂😂 I thought of that, too.
@@LindaMz24 , lol!
Zakiah i think she said it just reduces the need for ironing so couldn’t you both be right
I really dread the day our kids will look at the 80s and say 'fabulous'
Too late 💀
already there 😂
@Sarah Michie here in Finland the fashion is very much a mix of 70s and 80s and tiny bit of 90s but very heavyly 70s alot of different yellows ,mustards, browns and denim
@@HJ-ju4ui I'm also finnish, and I'd say, 70s colors but 80s fit. A lot of 90s too, especially when it comes to hair amd accessories. A combination, and it works. But, now I'm mainly talking about the most fashion-interested ppl and most ppl at my school don't follow all the trends. I think there's loads of fashion subgroups nowadays and that that it's fast paced thxs to the internet.
They already do
I see they have a new fashion illustrator.
This artist is pretty good. Love their fashion drawing.
And it looks amazing compared to well, well we don’t talk about what happened before.
This is quite well-done and I love what SHE’s wearing. The costume designer of Mad Men was as genius as the show.
Bloggers Tom and Lorenzo covered Mad Men extensively, including fashion history and how individual looks reflected the characters. Still available on their website--and they wrote a book.
Interesting spot, although pantyhose are mentioned too early for Betty and Joan. In fact, the show featured Peggy representing clients trying to sell early pantyhose.
Pantyhose replaced the girdle and hose worn by all as the era began. And were invaluable as skirts got shorter.
do you have a link or the name of their blog?
@@stephaniesantos1450 tomandlorenzo.com - the "Mad Style" entries and their regular recaps for each episode are both worth reading!
k maher I love their ‘mad style’ posts!
Raisa Bretaña is the star of this videos, I love how she explains fashion and how she coordinates her outfit with the topic of the video... Fabulous!
I love her!!! Also her nails are soo cute!!
I feel like the historian dressed very 60’s/70’s for this vid 😂❤️
I noticed that too.
She always coordinates with the videos. I love her martini lapel
Really enjoyed Mad Men, but it wasn't until now that it was the visuals that kept me coming back as much as I did. Thanks for breaking down the looks of these ladies!
One of my favorite examples of brilliant costuming. They nailed it on this show. Everything was spot on 😍😍😍
I love the fashion during this era. More effort and pride in one's appearance.
Clothes were also made to last back then. Now we have fast fashion & the construction isn't as durable.
As someone currently binging Mad Men during the pandemic, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you, Raissa.
It’s so interesting to see a breakdown of such an iconic show’s fashion. I love how (in real life) fashion trends are always coming and going
I love this show so much!! Mostly because of the main female characters, including Sally later on
This was just wonderful. I came of age in the ‘60s so this all brought a lot of memories back. I had quite the flip hairstyle back in the day. Mad Men was one of my favorite shows for many reasons, not th least of which was the fashion.
I am still waiting for Jean Harlow, Ava Gardner, and Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator
I love the narrator's blue and green outfit.
Also I would love to see a video the 1920's style of Downton Abbey and Miss Fisher.
One thing I loved about Mad Men is the gradual change in the culture of 1960. It started season 1 with the 1950s style carrying into the early 60s until it slowly transitioned into the more youthful, vibrant and young 60s style that we all knew about. This is not only for fashion but for music, cars, restaurants, society and culture in general.
Betty always reminds me Grace Kelly and Barbie style, Joan reminds me Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot and Peggy reminds me beatle girls like Pattie Boyd and Cynthia Powell-Lennon
If Betty Draper was wearing a girdle, it most likely had suspenders, which would have meant that she would be wearing stockings - not pantyhose (tights). Even in the illustrations you showed, she was wearing stockings.
Pantyhose didn't come into fashion until the late 60s...it was garter belts or girdles and stockings...."nylons"....until then....pantyhose were looked on with skepticism ....a gimmick when first introduced.
@@annehartwell7174 "1969: The first transparent and elastic tights are developed, and the perfect fit is born." Before then, for the mod styles in the mid-1960's, you could wear texturized hose and fishnets that you put on like pantyhose. They were a lot of fun to wear and didn't run the way pantyhose did. As we know, if you develop a run in the left leg, you have to throw out the entire hose. Many of us fought that. We still owned garter belts and would cut off the hose that did not run and wear it as we did until 1969!
I saw Peggy Olsen putting on pantyhose in an early episode. Totally inaccurate.
In the U.K., a garter belt is usually not very deep and is called a suspender belt. Its‘ only purpose is to hold stockings up. A girdle, (sometimes called a roll-on), is much deeper. It can be fastened with hooks and eyes, or a zip sometimes, or the roll-on is just pulled up - hence the name. It can be open bottomed (in which case it was like a tube), or be a panty girdle which was more like a pair of knickers. Girdles were used to smooth hips and waists, and, if they had suspenders - to hold up stockings. They could be bought in different ‘strengths’ according to how much the woman wanted to be ‘pulled in’ or cinched. I hope this helps!!
I finish the whole series a month ago on Netflix. I was soo impressed by the styled transformation of Peggy. Thank you for this break down
Love This show !!! Madmen transported me to the 1960s fir an Hour!! Just Quality Television.
I watched through this whole series last summer and loved every minute of it, but I NEVER noticed that was a pen on Joan's necklace!
Same here! Until now I thought it was a tassel of some sort. I like pens and I even have a 1930-ish Conklin fountain pen that had belonged to my grandmother or great-grandmother. The pen is a little smaller than usual (probably would be called a lady's pen) and has a ring at the end for a chain or ribbon to go through but I never noticed Joan had a pen on her necklace. I'm guessing it's a fountain pen rather than ballpoint. How cool that the actress who portrayed Joan found and purchased the necklace herself and used it in the show. I wonder if the pen still writes! It very well could even after all these years.
Andrew Brendan I always saw the necklace but was so into the story or the colors or other aspects I never played close enough attention to the fact it’s a pen! Super cool, I also wonder if it works.
I resisted watching this until just last month. I'm binging it now. This was my parents' time, I was born in 1955. Explains a lot, including the way Betty typically treated her kids. and the workaholism that was tolerated. My mom was very much a fashionista. I remember playing in her jewelry box and can remember many of her dresses, outfits. Slacks were also common (See Marvelous Mrs Maisel) but so far I don't see them in Mad Men. I'm only in season 4.
thank you so much Glamour for making this video, this is my dream come true, Fashion History and Mad Men wow I'm speachless
I love that they all have their own styles! It's great to embrace uniqueness!
Many of the actual vintage pieces were purchased at Hubba Hubba in Burbank, my favorite vintage store for decades in putting together my collection. The amazing Pat had such an incredible eye for finding great clothes.
They needed to do megan too. I loved megans look.
I dressed like a 50’s housewife at my first corporate job because of mad men. Loved that show.
She's a wonderful guest speaker. More of her please.
I love mad men hands down amazing show amazing looks 10/10
Love this series of videos, and Raissa’s delivery and knowledge!! Hope to see more
I’m so happy they got an actual designer this time! So aesthetically pleasing.
Raissa always does a great job breaking it down. Love Mad Men because of the fashion. ❤️
Peggy loved a neck bow because it resembles a man's tie until she realizes she didn't need to be a man to stand out and succeed
Probably one of the coolest breakdowns I've see when it comes to the fashion of this show. We'll done.
Excellent insight. The only point I’d make is that in reality, society lags high fashion and cultural leaders in the arts and media. E.g the 1960s don’t start for most until 1966!
I love how Raissa Bretaña wears a piece by Banana Republic x Mad Men collection here!
Absolutely love what I can see of the historian's dress!
I literally gasped when I saw the first drawing. Thanks for finally bringing in an artist worthy of the quality you put into the rest of your video
Mad Men is such a great show. I wish I could travel back in time and live in 1960's Manhattan. What a glorious time.
I’m so in love with Joan’s look. I’ve always admired Dorothy Dandridge and Marilyn Monroe’s wardrobe looks. Definitely a classy, elegant, and feminine look I’m moving towards!
I love mad men and I adore this video, it's so satisfying how everything turns out to be accurate at the end haha
I LOVE what Raisa said about how people don't just throw away their clothes because a decade changes. Plus other factors come into play, such as teaching and mindsets. For my entire life no matter the style, trend or decade if I'm wearing a dress I'm wearing a slip appropriate to the silhouette and fabric and I'll be wearing some type of nylons. It's just the way I was raised and I feel "dressed" in the way that my grandma did when she put on her gloves before going out
Mad Men is one of my favorite shows and I loved women's fashion! So glad you did a video on this!
Honestly I can see it. 10 years ago ugly. 20 years ago hideous (early 2000s) but 30 years ago is super trendy (90s) and even 40 and 50 years too
Omara Oliver’s me too, child of the 80s/90s era and 18 in 2000s. So with 2000s clothing - Hope low rise jeans paired with crop tops won’t come back into fashion. At least it’s crop tops with high waisted pants mostly. And cargo pants - please don’t come back!
Katie Chambers yup
I really don't feel like fashion's changed too much in the past ten years though!
the 2000s influences are already showing up in media and in fashion, probably because us the 2000s kids are becoming or already have become adults and there's lots of nostalgia around that period, it's all happening haha
Early 2000s is on the verge of ironically fashionable
Living for that martini brooch!
Not even 5 minutes in and I’m already loving it!
I wished we could’ve seen Megan’s style too
I wish they would’ve talked about Sally and Megan too!!! This was still my favorite fashion expert fact checks episode though
This was interesting! But now I feel like shopping for vintage clothing 😔
I am still so obsessed with Mad Men, and the glorious details that it paid so much attention to
Raissa always looks amazing and I need her wardrobe 💙
I love that Raissa always wears a bit of a nod to the era of the show she is analyzing. 🥰
I started my rewatch last week!
I feel like the fashion historian's favourite character/style was of Joan. She instantly perked up when talking about her!
Such an excellent analysis of fashion and character. Thank you!
I'm in love with the fashion historian`s outfit
Such a great show and so aesthetically pleasing
the art looks so good!
Excellent video, I adore the Man Men series. Visually just stunning and nice to see a comparison between the main female characters. Would love more on the male characters and even the children like Sally or the new wave in the later seasons (Megan has some fantastic costumes to look into!). I have never heard of that fashion rule 50 years ago = fabulous. But now glad you told me, this means it's the 1970s shot and I cannot wait to roll out those flares!!!!
This was such fun- Thank you for posting
I would love the details on Raisssa's outfit! Her dress and jewelry are fire!
I lived through that era. Alot of what we wore in the late 60s and early 70s was 2nd hand. I wore Dankin tops with either a Mexican Peasant shirt on top or a second hand bed jacket. We bought used fur coats in the Village on 8th Street for $5. I soaked up Seventeen magazine and Glamor.
Pantyhose didn't come in until 66, when mini dresses were popular. There was no band anymore. I remember when this came on, it was a big controversy.
I love Raissa’s outfit/hair/makeup! Yesss
this video exists for me, i love madmen and fashion is my passion
I'm so happy that Raissa is back, I missed her!
OMG YAYY. I SUGGESTED THIS. my favourite show and era and ahh so happy lmao
I enjoyed the "Mad Men" tv series. Betty Draper was my favorite character. I was 6.in 1960. I'd say that they were appropriately dressed for the 1960's.
After all this time I still love a good Mad Men breakdown video lol
YO I WAS WAITING FOR THIS QUEENS RETURN YESSSS
Love this breakdown!!!
This made me want to rewatch the show
Makes sense they are fairly accurate as the costume designer bought strictly vintage pieces for the show. The makeup isn’t incredibly accurate however. It wasn’t bad , but it wasn’t 100% accurate. Red lipstick kind of became a thing of the past by the mid sixties. My mom always insists the mod white and pale lipsticks were more vogue by that time as she was a teen in the mid sixties. And she insists every hair do needed some serious back combing lol
Kelly Henderson I suspect your mother is looking at it through trendy teen eyes. My own mother was literally the same age as Peggy and she feels it was all accurate makeup-wise. Also, one only has to look at women’s magazines and you can see what colors are being sold. Not only was the makeup near copies of the advertising and editorial photos, they even used real compacts and often foundation and colors that are the same formulas as were sold at the time.
Deana Tollerton I think the older women would wear the more vibrant lipsticks toward the end of the period but they often started to wear lighter pearly colours and gloss became a big thing in the early seventies. I went to school for theatre makeup, television , editorial back in the 90s. One of the classes we studied was history of hair and makeup styles. Sixties is always my favourite era. It’s hard to replicate styles of yesteryear, our products are far more advanced technology and ingredient wise. Textures too. I laughed when 90s makeup came back and it was a far more exaggerated example of how we did our makeup then.
I really enjoyed this content! I hope to see more of this :) absolutely love it
I love these episodes so much
I had a great appreciation for how well Jon Hamm's suits fit him, lol