Mad Man Switches to More Chappish Shirt
In a stunning sartorial turn of events, the Mad Men actor John Hamm, who usually wears sharp suits with an early 1960s cut in his television role, has switched to a shirt more familiar to readers of The Chap.
Set in 1934, A Young Doctor’s Notebook is based on the stories of Mikhail Bulgakov and set during the Russian Revolution. Hamm’s character is a doctor in a remote part of the Empire who becomes addicted to morphine. As seems to have become typical for him, the wardrobe department have not pulled any punches when styling him precisely for the era portrayed. Hamm is seen here wearing a spearpoint-collared shirt in the American style, remarkably similar to those purveyed by retro-style men’s clothier Darcy Clothing.
That redoubtable gentlemen’s emporium is far too modest to go around trumpeting its raiment’s frequent appearances on stage and the silver screen, but The Chap can confirm through internal sources that this shirt originated from one of their rails. The bow tie is also self-tied, so all of this hopefully means no more magazine articles about “how to get the Mad Men look” and perhaps a more positive influence on the shape of young men’s shirt collars henceforward. A Young Doctor’s Notebook will be screened in four parts on Sky Arts 1.
Oh Chap. Sometimes I just don’t understand you. Surely you must agree that ANY magazine article influencing gentlemen to dress well “how to get the Mad Men look”, or otherwise, is preferable to the prevailing styles offered these days.
This should be encouraged at every possible turn. Don’t use snark, finding wedges where there needn’t be any.
An article espousing how to dress in a vintage, sack cut, natural shoulder, Brooks Brothers suit is worth far more than 90% of anything out there that a man could read.
Hear hear, sir.
I’ll second that!
And I’ll third it!
And I shall stress the point further by fourthing it.
Well said.
As we approach 2013, there are far more pressing things to worry about… like the pressing of shirts and trousers.
I would rather see a thousand “how to get the Mad Men look” articles than one more dreaded advertisment for mens fashion plimsolls.
Perhaps this should have read “Set in the Soviet Union” as the revolution was over by 1934, Egad!
The series is set in 1934 with flash backs and conversations with his young self in 1917.
I’ll fifth it. Actually, I could use a fifth right about now. And yes, any article that will help modern man out of a Nike track suit and into a Mad Menesque suit must surely be a good thing.
I am a fan of the Darcy American spearpoints but I am not convinced they work well with a bow tie. I choose their softer and slightly shorter English spearpoints for that purpose.
I totally agree. Bow tie and spearpoint collars are not a good look!
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