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“You Don’t Want Most of It. You Want All of It”

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Another Sunday…Another Mad Men…Another swingin’ 60s outfit…

Last night I really broke out the mod with this geometric navy and cream mini dress.  Look at that hemline!  I came in a very close second in the evening’s best dressed contest.  I lost out to a gal that I’ve chatted with quite a few times over the course of the season.  She went to the Art Institute for fashion design and has quite the eye.

Outfit
Gallaut of California Dress: Buffalo Exchange, Portland
Earrings: Antique Alley, Portland
Bangle: Was my mum’s
Shoes: STARS Antique Mall, Portland

Other Episode Outfits
501/502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 513

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Mad Men a Go-Go

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Last night once again found Patrick and myself at the Hollywood for an evening of drinks and the shenanigans of SCDP.  And this time, I couldn’t help breaking out the go-go boots…

The dress was my mother’s.  I love having things from her closet.  Here you can see her in the dress in front of her college graduation presents.

These later 60s fashions in the show have really given me a bit of a throwback to my early days in vintage when I relied upon my mum’s high school and college wardrobe.  And just like my outfit from episode 503, this dress also once belonged to my mum.  And despite how amazing I thought I looked, I lost out in the Best Dressed contest, to a gal in what appeared to be a late 50s or early 60s black lace party dress with a lovely boat neckline.  She also rocked a crinoline, and although crinolines were just about out of vogue by 1966, they’re always good in my book.  Patrick made the observation that it isn’t who’s the most period accurate, but who is dressed the fanciest.  Oh well.

Outfit
Dress: Was my mother’s
Headband: The Clothes Horse, Eugene
Earrings: Antique Alley, Portland
Brooch: Don’t remember…I’ve had it since middle school.
Bangles: Gifts over the years
Go-go boots: Ebay

Other Episode Outfits
501/502, 503, 504, 506, 507, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513

Once again, the rest of the entry discusses the episode and there be spoilers ahead…

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