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Tag: Mad Men

Interview with Russ Campbell of Old Focals

When I saw Jon Hamm wearing sunglasses on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine one thought crossed my mind: “Jon Hamm/Don Draper has great sunglasses. What brand is he wearing?” After a few minutes of googleing I found out that his sunglasses are called Drapers and he got them at Old Focals, a vintage eyewear [...]

Don Draper wearing Old Focals sunglasses on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine

Stars from TV shows have taken over the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine. First there was the cast of 30 Rock, then Lena Dunham and now it’s time for Jon Hamm aka Don Draper of Mad Men, who graces the cover of the issue from April 11 (no. 1180). When I first saw the [...]

Map with locations from Girls

American TV show Girls, which ended its second season on March 17, 2013, takes place in New York, mostly on Manhattan and in Williamsburg. New York based public radio WNYC’s Culture Web site once did a map of all locations from AMC’s TV show Mad Men and now they have done it again: this time [...]

Mad Men inspired collection from Banana Republic

The sixth season of one of the best TV series Mad Men is scheduled to premiere on April 7, 2013, with a two-hour episode. The show’s huge popularity and critical acclaim convinced American retail chain Banana Republic to once again prepare a Mad Man inspired collection. They collaborated with Janie Bryant, Mad Men’s Emmy Award-winning [...]

Roger Sterling and Schmidt already have their own books; we're now waiting for Phil’s-osophy from Modern Family

The second episode of Modern Family’s fourth season got us a glimpse of something that might turn into an interesting and real thing. Phil Dunphy read some thought from his “book” called Phil’s-osophy and at the end of the episode other members of the show joined in and read some more comprar cialis of the [...]