Joan is a character on AMC's Mad Men, which, if you do not watch presently, you should begin to posthaste as it is the best, most stylish program ever in the history of television. I say this as someone who is mostly immune to the siren song of the tube (except where Law and Order and its spinoffs are involved), which I suppose could be taken as evidence that either A) I have no idea what I'm talking about because I have little basis for comparison, or B) this must be the case as it is the only show that has ever really hooked me, so to speak. Regardless, it is visually gorgeous and the attention to period detail is superb and the twisting, turning plotlines make me want to gasp and squeal and dissect their implications ad nauseum in internet forums.
Anyway. (You'll find that I like to digress. It's sort of my thing. Also, parentheses - don't say I didn't warn you.) Joan, as you can see, is the hotness. She's the head secretary at a Madison Avenue advertising firm in the early 1960s, and she is - how shall I put this? - a dish. (She's also, by the era's standards, a bit of a tramp, but I personally applaud her for her romantic proclivities because, let's face it, girl was just ahead of her time.) She dresses in the most fabulously form-fitting ensembles and her hourglass figure is so cartoonishly perfect that you just have to wonder whether there is padding involved in addition to the girdles and other rigorous support garments that were de riguer at the time. And her clothes themselves are nothing to shake a stick at: wiggle dresses, straight skirts, tight sweaters, glittery cocktail frocks all tailored to within an inch of their lives. And high heels - always, always high heels.
Joan, you see, is the basis, the jumping off point, if you will, of my aesthetic. Classic glamour. Simple sophistication. Silhouettes that showcase - nay, glorify - the feminine form. But I would hate to look like I'm in costume, so I take these timeless looks forward by mixing them with modern elements - a touch of rock and roll here, a bit of bohemian luxe there. Think two parts Joan, one part Kate Moss, with maybe a little Parisian twist (what can I say, I'm a bit of a Francophile), and voila - eclectically classic. Modern day Joan - c'est moi!
That's my fashion statement and I'm sticking to it.
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