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" Could you see it? A tone shift in Episode 8, and an interesting one at that. Assuming a narrative stance through the mechanism of a rehab journal, Mad Men lets us in a whole lot closer to Don Draper: He is very much aware of the seriousness of his alcoholism, unsatisfied with certain inadequacies from his past, but, all in all, happy to cherish certain elements of his solitary life. Even if it is increasingly less so. And Don&amp;#039;s attire reflects this somber, contemplative, but ultimately hopeful mood. There is the steely gray, black, and white that we know. And then, suddenly, there is the delicious robin&amp;#039;s-egg blue and brown that he wears both for his moving process and his date with Faye. A beautiful plaid shirt, followed by a beautiful plaid jacket \u2014 you can sense our antihero&amp;#039;s conscious acts of optimism. In the bullpen, the Mountain-Dew-and-vodka-swilling kids are more motley than ever. Stan is still wearing incredibly unflattering horizontal stripes that add tremendous bulk to his wide frame. Ties tucked into your shirt? Squared-off ties? Yikes. Peggy fires Joey, who up until now has been a bit of a business-casual hero of mine. But on Sunday evening his boyish good looks were matched only by his extremely not sexy belligerent chauvinism. Still, if Joey really is gone, I will miss the slim short sleeves and sweater vests about which I&amp;#039;ve waxed poetic before. One topic we haven&amp;#039;t broached much here this season is eyewear, but Don, Peggy, and Ms. Blankenship certainly broached it aplenty this episode, so here goes: The 1960s were in my opinion the pinnacle of classic eyewear shapes. And in a slow-motion montage on Sunday night set to the Stones (!), we saw some of the greatest shapes all in a row. A glamorous black couple in cat-eyes and horn-rims. A woman in glamorous tortoise flares. And of course Don in his stunning aviators, which any man looking to make a woman&amp;#039;s mouth drop would do well to steal:  I believe the purpose of the &amp;quot;Satisfaction&amp;quot; montage was, in fact, to emphasize that Don feels his age. His new swimming discipline gets off to a rocky start, and the fly young things around him are surely not making it any easier. But to you fine gents, the fashion takeaway is simpler: At any age, it&amp;#039;s wise to plumb the riches of spectacle and sunglasses shapes from the &amp;#039;60s. Not to play favorites, but I think the subsequent decades have produced nothing of the caliber. And I think brands like Moscot and Ray-Ban are smart for going back to their roots now more than ever. But like last week&amp;#039;s advice on haircuts, everything comes down to face shape: Your specs should contrast the contours of your head, not copy it. And you go all role-playing with the phony spectacles thing \u2014 we ladies love glasses, a lot \u2014 but better to invest in a classic shape that&amp;#039;ll last longer than one night. The sophistication of your sunglasses, like Don&amp;#039;s love life, takes time to appreciate. Next week on our weekly lessons from Mad Men, return of the vertical stripes... And Boardwalk Empire! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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