Mad Men in Melbourne

The Peggy Skirt , inspired by the character Peggy from the show Mad Men, has been by far the most popular post on my blog so far and I have had such great feed back from many people - so thank you! I would like to give a special shout out to Sunny who sent me a brilliant email today with a picture of her two beautiful girls dressed up in their Peggy skirts on their way to church! So awesome, thanks Sunny! If anyone else has made a Peggy skirt I would love to see it! roslynruss{at}gmail{dot}com.

To get some more Swinging Sixties inspiration earlier in the week I went over to Chadstone Shopping Centre here in Melbourne which is currently hosting an exhibition of costumes from the hit show. Apparently it's a world first, so I thought I'd share it with you.

I know most people love Betty & Joan's outfits, but Peggy is still my favourite. I love the structure of the outfits she wears and I think if I lived and worked during the 60s, I would have worn similar things. These are the outfits on display for the character of Peggy:

Some of the photos didn't come out as well as I'd liked due to the protective perspex around the display, but I did my best! I love the orange and cream outfit, but I must say my overall Peggy favourite is this one:

Such a stunning design and great shape.The black and white check is great - perfect for Derby Day I think! (Derby Day here in Melbourne is a race day where the traditional fashion for ladies is black and white)

The character of Betty...hmmm. I certainly don't take mothering tips from her but gee she scrubs up well! Here is what was on display for her character:

Love them both. There was also a formal blue dress but I didn't get any pics of that. I remember the episode where she and Don went to Rome and she wore the black dress -  the dress wasn't that amazing in real life but I remember she had an incredible hair do and it was very striking on TV.

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See what I mean by the hair?

And then we come to my husband's favourite - Joan. I expected her clothes to be bigger given that they style her to be very va-va-voom in the program, but no, she seems to be the pretty standard small Hollywood size.

Sorry for the bad photo of the pink outfit - I was trying to get the props behind it in the photo as well because I thought they looked pretty cool!

And finally one for the boys. My least favourite character - although I warmed to him a little in Season 4 - Pete. I have always detested his blue suits. But it wasn't so bad in real life!

So there you have it. If you are a fan of the show and this exhibition travels to a place near you, I recommend it! If not, I hope you have enjoyed this post while we all wait patiently for Season 5! Do you have a favourite character or outfit from Mad Men?