Is it’s addictive. I’m only 4 years late to the game, but Mad Men is fantastic!  Why did I not watch it before?? I’ve been catching up on reruns on all 4 seasons leading up to season 5, which starts in March.  It’s on at 6 and 7 a.m. on Sundays on AMC so I have my DVR set.  While I was recouping from my cold I watched 3 weeks worth (DVR is a lovely thing) Life sure was different in the late 50’s, it’s amazing how much smoking people did back then, how you were able to smoke in your office, on the airplane, smoke anywhere you pleased, I found it amazing.   It also reminds me of the sexism  that existed at home in the suburbs at that time, of a life as constricting as the corsets and the pearl chokers.  How far we women have come, As the Virginia Slims ads of the 70’s proclaimed “You’ve come a long way baby”  (please note I am not advocating smoking, I just think this was a cool ad).  Thankfully, today we’re not expected to stay home with our cute aprons on (they were cute though) with our hair immaculately done and tending to the 2.5 kids and stirring dinner on the stove!  That era could not handle the women of today, it would be all out civil war! As well as the acting which is fantastic, you know my focus is on the clothes! The women (as well as the men) got dressed up back then, clothing, no matter what time of the day was extremely important, that’s the only part of that time I’d like to see come back. There are many other things of that era, that I hope we never see again, although some version of it is still here! If you haven’t already, check out the show, I think you’ll like it.

Loving the green dress!!