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I’ve always appreciated the perfectly coiffed tresses of Betty Draper. In addition to her amazing wardrobe, icy blue eyes and accessories- her hair completes the look of the era effortlessly.
Mad Men’s Hair Department Head Stylist Terrie Owens reveals what she uses to achieve the look! To get Betty’s soft curls, reach for White Sands Liquid Texture Thermal Styling Spray for the signature on-screen style.
For the glam look that January Jones aka “Betty” sports, Terrie shares the how-to: “I set January’s hair on a small curling iron and finish with White Sands setting spray…hairspray, and lots of teasing,” details Owens. “Her hair pretty much falls into the ‘Betty’ hairstyle.” For $19, you can pick up your own Liquid Texture Thermal Styling Sprays in Soft, Medium, or a Firm Hold - depending on what you want it for.
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Inside Don Draper’s stylish new home.
It’s 1966, he’s got a new wife on board & a seemingly optimistic attitude- of course you’d expect nothing less than a swank apartment that reflects the sentiments of the era. Shag rugs, a sunken living room and fabulous leather chairs are the norm in this Draper household! Set director Laudette Didul gives an in-depth view of the new set design.
Didul said Draper’s love of sleek modern lines and high-tech gadgetry and manly appointments (leather lounge chair, countertop cocktail bar with a drum-shaped ice bucket) is contrasted with his new wife Megan’s youthful taste and love of color.
“I imagine she might’ve dragged Don through Bloomingdale’s to see the model rooms,” Didul said.
The set decorator also took inspiration from two books by 1960s bestselling interior design author Betty Pepis and “Decoration U.S.A.,” a 1965 collaboration between Jose Wilson and Arthur Leaman. “The colors of the rooms and furnishings are so vibrant in those books they almost make your teeth rattle,” Didul said.
Get some shopping resources directly from the set director & read more at: LAtimes
What makes Mad Men appealing is that is a show based around a central character who’s entire life is built on a lie, rather, a show built around a network of carefully selected words. Which is, essentially, advertizing.
(via It’s an Ad World: Don Draper Today | Modern Primate | The Manhood Manual)
“The trend has hit full-force: bespoke speakeasies and 50’s style martini bars are making their stamp nationwide (think famed Bourbon & Branch in SF’s Tenderloin or Bix in Jackson Square), heralding in what we might call the ‘cocktail movement’: a return to a more stylish, more refined, (and pricy) level of drinking. So what is initiating this switch? sources below are nodding their heads to the hit show, Mad Men - which of course begs the question, how much does clout does TV have in the realm of even food trends?
A Drink as Comfortable as an Old-Fashioned, Don Draper’s Drink of Choice, from the New York Times
The Perfect Martini, from Newsweek.”
Never put your hands on other people’s property, especially Don’s… or you might catch yourself running up a few flights of stairs and vomiting in front of clients.
Mad Women.
