On Wednesday the New York Times posted this great fashion slide show, partially in homage to Mad Men.
It’s fabulous through and through, and photographer Douglas Friedman paid great attention to detail– the supersaturated colors, typesetting (aka fonts chosen), and even a photoshopped faux-magazine texture all really mimic contemporaneous ads. I love the colors of the clothes (green gingham!) and the expressions on the model’s face.
The most glaring difference between then and now, at least to me, was how ripped the model looks in the last ad. Models and movie stars in the 1950s and 1960s simply did not have six packs that (over)developed.
For example, check out this low-quality screen shot of William Holden in Sunset Boulevard: Continue reading →
