Meet the Euro Pop Princesses of the '60s: Yé-Yé Girls


Updated 05/25/12 2:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ye-Ye Girls

Are the yé-yé girls having resurgence? First there was Megan's infamous Mad Men song and dance number, and now they've come up again in Wes Anderson's latest film Moonrise Kingdom. In the film — set in 1965, a year before this season of Mad Men — Suzy Bishop is one half of the lovesick preteen couple at the center of the movie. While her style is clearly fashioned after the yé-yé girls, Read more

Words of Wisdom From Mad Women


Updated 04/30/12 12:15 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Mad Men Women Quotes

After a long wait, Mad Men finally returned to TV, and Don Draper and the rest of the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce gang are living very eventful lives in 1966 NYC. Of course, we were especially excited to see the mad women back onscreen. Joan, Peggy, Betty, Trudy, Megan, and the rest of the ladies of the show have always shined, and we love their quippy one-liners on life, love, and sex. Check Read more

LSD in the 1960s


Updated 04/24/12 11:53 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Mad Men LSD

Neurotic Roger Sterling finds truth on this week's episode of Mad Men with the help of LSD. Thanks to his experimental much younger wife, Jane, Roger reluctantly attends a dinner party, which becomes much more interesting once acid comes into the mix. As expected, this season of Mad Men is full of historical references from 1966. If you paid close attention to Roger's one-liners, you may have Read more

Tour Trudy and Pete's Country Home


Updated 04/16/12 12:00 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Mad Men Pete and Trudy Campbell House

On last night's episode of Mad Men, we got to peek at Trudy and Pete Campbell's home in Cos Cob, CT. The cosmopolitan couple moved from Manhattan to the "country," as they call it, anticipating the birth of their daughter Tammy. The house is a far cry from Don and Megan Draper's hip high-rise pad and has a similar look to Don and ex-wife Betty's own suburban home — which is to say, it seems a Read more

Direct a Retro Menu With Mad Men-Inspired Foods


Updated 04/30/12 2:31 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Classic 1960s Foods Inspired by Mad Men

Whether because of the retro fashion or the boardroom-to-bedroom drama, we can't get enough of this season of Mad Men. Though we observe the show's characters downing classic cocktails more often than sitting down to dinner, food still plays a major part of the historical accuracy of the show, and the series nails 1960s American cuisine when it does feature dining moments. Here's a roundup of Read more

Band Books: Autobiographies From Rock 'n' Roll Groupies


Updated 04/02/12 4:40 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Groupies Autobiographies

This week on Mad Men, Don Draper does his best to get backstage at the Rolling Stones concert. Dressed like "the man" in his suit and tie, a look his much younger wife describes as "square," Don and fellow ad man Harry Crane set out to try to get the Stones to sign on for a Heinz campaign. Instead of meeting the band, the pair hangs backstage with some teenage girls smoking joints — groupies! Read more

A Mad Men World: What Went Down in 1966


Updated 04/01/12 10:58 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

1966 Historical Events Mad Men

We got a taste of 1966 last week on the season premiere of Mad Men. The first episode of season five kicks off in May 1966, with Don's new and much younger wife, Megan, performing "Zou Bisou Bisou," inspired by the sexy Euro pop princesses of the 1960s yé-yé movement. Don seems suspicious of Megan's free-spirited ways, and that might be a sign of things to come, considering 1966 saw lots of Read more

Mad Men's Jessica Paré Dishes on Her Mrs. Draper Transformation


Updated 03/27/12 4:06 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Mad Men's Jessica Pare on Megan's Hair, Makeup, and Clothes

Mad Men's Jessica Paré (as Megan Draper) has set the Internet abuzz with her sultry, sassy rendition of "Zou Bisou Bisou," a French pop tune made popular by Sophia Loren and singer/actress Gillian Hills. The '60s-era single can even be purchased on iTunes, helping to make the Canadian actress an overnight sensation. With a record-breaking 3.5 million viewers tuning in to the series's Read more

Diet and Fitness During the Mad Men Era


Updated 03/28/12 9:37 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

1960s Diet and Exercise Fads

The 1960s were an ever-changing time to be a woman — body image included. Until Twiggy hit the scene in the late '60s, women with bodies like Mad Men's Joan Holloway were prized for their ample bosoms and curvaceous frames. Matthew Weiner, Mad Men creator, even told the show's actresses to stop working out so they would look more realistic to the era. But the '60s was not without its Read more

Mad Moms: The Leading Ladies of Mad Men


Updated 03/26/12 12:05 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 0 comments

Mad Men Moms

Fans of Mad Men rejoiced last night as the show returned from its 17-month hiatus and kicked off its fifth season on AMC. And while Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is still the backdrop for most of the show's Madison Avenue drama, we couldn't help but notice the increased role and influence of the show's "Mad Moms." Here, a look at the leading ladies of Mad Men, their families, and their very varied Read more