Mad Men Fashion

By Dina Selfridge, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
June 4, 2015
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Megan

MEGAN (Zou Bisou Bisou!)Image ID: 5232079

The series finale of Mad Men that aired on AMC on May 17 roughly coincided with NYPL's digitization of over one-thousand fashion illustrations produced in the 1950s and '60s by New York City-based firm Creators Studios. ("Not yesterday's but tomorrow's fashions today" was the company's tagline.) Perhaps we've just had Mad Men on the brain lately, but if you see traces of the show's female protagonists in these ready-to-wear design drawings you are not alone:

Joan

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peggy

PEGGYImage ID: 5232004

Betty night

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Faye

FAYEImage ID: 5232112

Marie

MARIEImage ID: 5232272

Megan

MEGAN (Zou Bisou Bisou!)Image ID: 5232079

Trudy

TRUDYImage ID: 5231514

Jane

JANEImage ID: 5232055

See more Creators Studios fashion illustrations on NYPL's Digital Collections site and also in person at the Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection.