The critical darling 1960s ad agency drama Mad Men and its "Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" fashion inspires a NY Times look at what passes for advertising agency style these days. Boutique ad agency Droga5 CEO Andrew Essex sums it up: “Today, it’s the man in the artisanal T-shirt, selvaged denim with holes in them and really expensive vintage sneakers from a small boutique in Japan. The personalities haven’t changed that much, just the accouterments, like carefully harvested facial hair. Our agency people dress like well-paid teenagers, but that teenager may be 38.” Yes, and Peggy Olsen never left Don Draper a note letting him know she was getting a tattoo tomorrow.
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I'd be a little more concerned with making sure the men don't *act* like Donald Draper as opposed to dressing like him. Dude has got some serious, serious issues, and is a pretty shitty husband.
"creatives" have a tendency to dress like grown children. At least in this article they admit as much.
Okay - as a creative I will speak for some of us. Yes, some of us do dress like grown children, but admit it... if we showed up in suits - and no flair *coughs* like the finance folks, you all would be worried that we're not.... "eccentric" enough. on the flip side, i really wish that my colleugues(SP???) would stop dressing like I did when I was 10, 11 and 12 years old. Oh and please for the love of god, please toss the nasty flip flops. And the ugly Kayne Glasses and the see thru tank tops.
So, in the end, my point is, there is a fine line of professionalism.
Well I work in advertising...and we are most definitely not doing jeans around here. I frickin wish!
Just picked up the box set for season 1 mad men yesterday; what a great show.
I would have flourished in that era. I would trade my gym@ lunch, open collar, blackberry lifestyle for a 3+ martini lunch, full suit wiht a pocket square and a secretary....That would be awesome!
i like this part:
"The sexist attitudes that are regularly part of "Mad Men" plot lines seem incompatible with modern agencies like Droga5."
cough **bullsh*t** cough
My ex is a finance chick, she dressed like she was going to a funeral every day. I guess in a certain sense she was. A funeral for her soul.
What is an ad agency?