mad me
i'm a little late in the game i know, but i'm always one step behind everyone when it comes to popular culture. i finished season one of Mad Men this afternoon and wow do i have some choice words for that don draper!
i have words for just about everything and everyone in this series. i'm completely wrapped up in this television drama. i was expecting to like this series, i believed all the hype and never doubted its accolades, but i did not expect to LOVE it. i thought i'd watch it for the costume design and drool over betty's dresses.
to say Mad Men is well written and well acted is a huge understatement. it's a goddamned television triumph of the ages. this 1960s america is alive, breathing, and seems so real, too real. i'm bothered every time i see a black person in a ridic service position (elevator attendant dude? really?) and i'm often in shock over how the female characters are treated, as if i'm the one being sexually harassed and belittled and ignored. was it really the norm to disrespect women like that?! i console myself with the idea that it's really all over dramatized. if i didn't i'd be depressed over a tv show and that my friends is lame sauce.
don draper is an asshole. i cannot stand how he dares to question betty or raise his voice to her when he's fucking this department store chick, and god knows what else. it's disgusting to expect so much from a woman you haven't the slightest interest in making happy.
it seems most of the men are married for the sheer convenience, but i wonder what that convenience is when they're not happy at all. i feel as if all the married men should just let their wives go. set them free! for the love of god...
this peter campbell and peggy olson are my favorite characters because i'm excited to see how they'll grow within this company and as people. they both have some, uh challenges. pete - himself. peggy - that, er, surprise i saw coming miles away. poor girl. she's facing my biggest nightmare in season two.
birth control failing? dear god just shoot me! failing when she's getting a jump start on her career? raise me from the dead and shoot me again.
i'm also rooting for sal to get laid but i don't want to see his life get fucked up. :/
i still found time to make mental fashion notes though. adam's always joked that my goal is to look like mia farrow in rosemary's baby and i'm afraid he's right.
i've always been drawn to "vintage" fashion. i've always liked pieces that are inspired by, or are from the 1960s and earlier... back to 19th century. my tastes were all over the place (my brief foray into lolita being a testament to that) but i think i've finally settled on a decade or two to pull ideas from.
i adore the classic silhouettes seen in 50s and 60s fashion. they flatter just about any body shape, except for maybe these A line dresses and drop waist dresses i'm so fond of. i used to think they just made you shapeless or look pregnant. now i'm all over them and think they flatter me. maybe they don't. all i know is they put a smile on my face.
watching Mad Men gives me so many ideas and that Joan inspires me to look my best everyday and try to pull great outfits from my closet.
i've also been following vintage fashion blogs. most of these gals have etsy stores that carry neat finds. i'm sure there's someone out there bitching about an etsy store not carrying a lot of larger sizes, but i think that there's a huge lack of smaller sizes! it's as if every one just stocks their stores with size mediums and up! you can get items taken in, but there is a limit, and it gets costly.
anywho... mad men season two! let's go go go!