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Don Draper Lookbook
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in a promotion for season 3 of Mad Men
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Jon Hamm as Don Draper, mysterious advertising creative director
New York City, throughout the 1960s
Series:Mad Men Creator: Matthew Weiner Costume Designer: Janie Bryant
It should come as no surprise to BAMF Style readers that Mad Men is one of my favorite TV shows of all time, both on its own merit and from a style-centric perspective. Costume designer Janie Bryant beautifully brought to life men’s and women’s fashions of the 1960s from the sleek suits of the Madison Avenue set to their weekend knitwear in the suburbs.
While I’ll continue taking individual looks at particular outfits, episodes, and characters in the Sterling Cooper orbit, I felt the web—and the many Mad Men fans on it—needed a comprehensive, one-stop resource to flip through all of Don Draper’s outfits across the series, whether its his quintessential “man in the gray flannel suit” look in the office, his comfortable sport shirts and sweaters on the weekend, or the hard-wearing flannel and denim he wears before a major epiphany.
As suits may be what Draper is best known for, his suits will be numbered in their order of introduction so that his most frequently worn suits can be tracked across the episodes and seasons of the show.
Season 1
March to November 1960
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (Episode 1.01)
Suit #1
Gray tic-checked wool (worn for pilot episode only)
“Ladies Room” (Episode 1.02)
Dinner out
Light gray tonal-dotted sport jacket (worn in "Ladies Room" only)
Suit #2
Blue-slate glen plaid 3/2-roll suit
Suit #3
Charcoal brown-striped 3/2-roll suit
Suit #4
Gray (with subtle blue windowpane) silky suit with 2-button "half-clover" lapel jacket
“Marriage of Figaro” (Episode 1.03)
Suit #4
Gray (with subtle blue windowpane) silky suit with 2-button "half-clover" lapel jacket
Pre-party
Brown casual linen shirt and trousers (worn in "Marriage of Figaro" only)
Sally's party
Navy cashmere twill 1-button sports coat (worn in "Marriage of Figaro" only)
“New Amsterdam” (Episode 1.04)
Suit #5
Charcoal blue-striped suit with 3-button jacket
Suit #3
Charcoal brown-striped 3/2-roll suit
Suit #6
Taupe 3/2-roll suit
“5G” (Episode 1.05)
Dinner Jacket #1
Black wool tuxedo with silk-piped shawl-collar jacket
Suit #6
Taupe 3/2-roll suit
Suit #7
Light gray thin pinstripe Calvin Klein suit with 3-button jacket
Suit #5
Charcoal blue-striped suit with 3-button jacket
“Babylon” (Episode 1.06)
Mother's Day casual attire
Beige golf jacket
Suit #2
Blue-slate glen plaid 3/2-roll suit
Suit #4
Gray (with subtle blue windowpane) silky suit with 2-button "half-clover" lapel jacket
“Red in the Face” (Episode 1.07)
Suit #8
Dark gray wool suit with "half clover" lapel 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #6
Taupe 3/2-roll suit
Suit #7
Light gray thin pinstripe Calvin Klein suit with 3-button jacket
“The Hobo Code” (Episode 1.08)
Suit #9
Gray (with subtle blue plaid) summer suit with "half clover" lapel 2-button jacket
Suit #6
Taupe 3/2-roll suit
“Shoot” (Episode 1.09)
Suit #10
Dark navy wool suit with 3-button jacket (worn in "Shoot" only)
Suit #3
Charcoal brown-striped 3/2-roll suit
Suit #6
Taupe 3/2-roll suit
Suit #8
Dark gray wool suit with "half clover" lapel 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #2
Blue-slate glen plaid 3/2-roll suit
Suit #4
Gray (with subtle blue windowpane) silky suit with 2-button "half-clover" lapel jacket
“Long Weekend” (Episode 1.10)
Suit #9
Gray (with subtle blue plaid) summer suit with "half clover" lapel 2-button jacket
“Indian Summer” (Episode 1.11)
Suit #11
Taupe-gray semi-solid suit with "half clover" lapel 2-button jacket
Suit #8
Dark gray wool suit with "half clover" lapel 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #5
Charcoal blue-striped suit with 3-button jacket
“Nixon vs. Kennedy” (Episode 1.12)
Suit #12
Charcoal tonal-plaid wool suit with 3-button jacket (worn in "Nixon vs. Kennedy" only)
Suit #13
Gray semi-solid wool suit with 3-button jacket (worn in "Nixon vs. Kennedy" only)
“The Wheel” (Episode 1.13)
Suit #14
Indigo flannel suit with 2-button jacket (worn in "The Wheel" only)
Suit #3
Charcoal brown-striped 3/2-roll suit
Season 2
February to October 1962
“For Those Who Think Young” (Episode 2.01)
Suit #15
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3/2-roll "half clover"-lapel jacket and double pleated trousers
Suit #16
Charcoal wool suit with 2-button jacket, worn with a light blue shirt and coordinated tie (worn in "For Those Who Think Young" only)
Suit #17
Dark gray flannel wool suit with low-stance 2-button "swelled edge" notch-lapel jacket (with 4-button cuffs)
Comments: “For Those Who Think Young” suggests that Don Draper has replaced his previous womanizing with a dedication to building his business, wearing only variations of somber, dark gray business suits—none of which we’ve seen before—in the second season premiere.
“Flight 1” (Episode 2.02)
Suit #18
Dark gray textured wool suit with high 3-button "swelled edge" notch-lapel jacket (with 2-button cuffs)
Olive-brown knit 4-button sweater vest and striped tie
Suit #19
Brown-olive wool suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Comments: “Flight 1” continues the second season premiere’s tradition of introducing even more new gray suits into Don Draper’s closet with this high-buttoning 3-button suit that wouldn’t be seen again until the fourth season.
“The Benefactor” (Episode 2.03)
Suit #20
Dark gray wool suit with 3-button notch-lapel jacket (with 3-button cuffs)
Suit #15
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3/2-roll "half clover"-lapel jacket and double pleated trousers
Gray ribbed cardigan with black-and-red piped edges and pockets
Suit #19
Brown-olive wool suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #21
Black wool suit with 3-button "half clover"-lapel jacket
Comments: “The Benefactor” adds yet another dark gray suit to the mix, this one differentiated by its 3-button jacket with 3-button cuffs, which would get considerably more wear when brought back in the fourth season. We also see the first instance of Don repeating one of his new gray business suits when the “shiny” wool suit reappears from the season premiere.
“Three Sundays” (Episode 2.04)
Brown embroidered-placket two-pocket sports shirt and khakis
Suit #19
Brown-olive wool suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Navy V-neck sweater with open-neck white shirt and copper slacks
Suit #17
Dark gray flannel wool suit with low-stance 2-button "swelled edge" notch-lapel jacket (with 4-button cuffs)
Comments: “Three Sundays” is the first episode of the second season where Don doesn’t introduce a new suit.
“The New Girl” (Episode 2.05)
Suit #7
Light gray thin pinstripe Calvin Klein suit with 3-button jacket
Suit #19
Brown-olive wool suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #15
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3/2-roll "half clover"-lapel jacket and double pleated trousers
Comments: Despite the second season’s penchant for introducing a number of new gray suits to Don Draper’s closet, this brown suit emerges as one of his favorite go-tos after being worn for four consecutive episodes, reappearing in the finale. The light gray thin-striped Calvin Klein suit he had worn for two memorable episodes during the first season is decidedly ruined when Don crashes his car with Bobbie Barrett.
“Maidenform” (Episode 2.06)
Suit #15
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3/2-roll "half clover"-lapel jacket and double pleated trousers
Blue-slate knit polo shirt and glen plaid trousers
Suit #22
Taupe serge suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #15
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3/2-roll "half clover"-lapel jacket and double pleated trousers
“The Gold Violin” (Episode 2.07)
Suit #23
Blue-gray suit with 3/2-roll "clover"-lapel jacket
Suit #11
Taupe-gray semi-solid suit with "half clover" lapel 2-button jacket
Olive block-striped short-sleeved sport shirt with covered buttons
White narrow shawl-collar dinner jacket
Comments: “The Gold Violin” contains the first flashbacks to the ’50s that feature Don Draper—er, Dick Whitman—dressed in civilian clothing. All of Don’s pre-Sterling Cooper wardrobe will be addressed in a separate section of this lookbook so as not to break the sense of continuity.
“A Night to Remember” (Episode 2.08)
Suit #23
Blue-gray suit with 3/2-roll "clover"-lapel jacket
Suit #24
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3-button"half clover"-lapel jacket and flat-front trousers
Suit #22
Taupe serge suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #25
Light gray semi-solid wool 3-button suit
Comments: Don Draper wears his four most recently introduced suits in “A Night to Remember”, and none of these suits would ever be seen again. The episode marks the only appearance for this shiny dark gray suit (with a full three-button jacket and flat front trousers to differentiate it from the more commonly seen “shiny” suit this season) and the light gray semi-solid wool suit featured in the ending sequence.
“Six-Month Leave” (Episode 2.09)
Suit #15
Dark gray "shiny" wool suit with 3/2-roll "half clover"-lapel jacket and double pleated trousers
Suit #9
Gray (with subtle blue plaid) summer suit with "half clover" lapel 2-button jacket
Suit #4
Gray (with subtle blue windowpane) silky suit with 2-button "half-clover" lapel jacket
Comments: A few veteran suits return for “Six-Month Leave” once Draper’s on his own, including the gray subtle plaid summer suit and silky windowpane suit that had both been mainstays of his first-season style.
“The Inheritance” (Episode 2.10)
Suit #17
Dark gray flannel wool suit with low-stance 2-button "swelled edge" notch-lapel jacket (with 4-button cuffs)
Light gray glen plaid single-button sport jacket with unique narrow lapels
Brown and navy plaid 3/2-roll sport jacket
Suit #25
Light gray suit with narrow "clover"-lapel jacket
“The Jet Set” (Episode 2.11)
Suit #25
Light gray suit with narrow "clover"-lapel 2-button jacket
Light blue slubbed silk 2-button sport jacket with patch pockets
Borrowed navy blue knit polo shirt and cream trousers
“The Mountain King” (Episode 2.12)
Suit #25 (Dressed down)
Light gray suit with narrow "clover"-lapel 2-button jacket, worn with borrowed navy blue knit polo shirt
Mustard-and-indigo shadow plaid long-sleeved sport shirt
Light blue, white-edged sport shirt under navy windbreaker
Tan-and-white plaid voile short-sleeved sport shirt
“Meditations in an Emergency” (Episode 2.13)
Suit #19
Brown-olive wool suit with 3/2-roll jacket
Suit #26
Gray mini-glen plaid flannel suit with 3-button "clover"-lapel jacket and beltless trousers
Olive-brown knit 4-button sweater vest and striped tie
Suit #17
Dark gray flannel wool suit with low-stance 2-button "swelled edge" notch-lapel jacket (with 4-button cuffs)
Comments: Though not worn in the final scenes, Don once again wears a brown suit during the season finale, a tradition he would continue through the end of the sixth season.
