…Or is it? As the creators of Mad Men celebrate its anniversary, Finlay Renwick looks at how the show's iconic looks fell out of favour, and wonders if a resurgence could be around the corner
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"...one of the key drivers behind the #menswear wave of the 2010s, the too-tailored suits, pocket squares, monk-strap shoes, whisky rocks, tie bars and high and tight haircuts."
That's my outfit today and yesterday. Except the whisky.
"... in 2022, it all feels faintly ridiculous. Since we left Don in a billowy white shirt on a California cliff edge – as he drifts off to Nirvana, or somewhere bleaker – the men’s fashion landscape is markedly different. Suits, while certainly not dead, have been softened and redefined, worn with t-shirts, or open collars, unstructured and elasticated. JP Morgan no longer has a dress code, and no one really goes to the office that much anyway. The contemporary workplace, as portrayed by the likes of
Succession and
Industry, shows the new uniforms of soft power: finance institution-branded quilted vests, Lanvin trainers, Loro Piana cashmere jumpers and a sea of muted tones and unlined and unstructured European tailoring."
What's elasticated? I'm an anachronism now.
"Every single world leader photographed at the recent G7 summit in Germany wore plain dark suits and white shirts with open collars. Not a tie in sight."
Staged to show solidarity and that they were rolling up their sleeves 'working'.