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"Up today in our Q&amp;amp;A with Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant: Don's off-duty look, Stan's stunning transformation, and why Henry Francis can't say no to knitwear.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nGQ: There was certainly a lot to discuss about last night's episode but I think we have to start at the beginning with Don in Hawaii. We never thought we'd see him in a Hawaiian shirt.\n\n Janie Bryant: Well I was going to say, \"Oh my god, did I bring back the Hawaiian shirt trend?\"\n\nGQ: Why not? If it looks that good on every guy.\n\n Bryant: Just as long as the guys aren't wearing them three sizes too big.\n\nGQ: When you first got the script and saw it was set in Hawaii did you know immediately you wanted him in something completely new?\n\n Bryant: It was really about the contrast of Don being out of the office and on vacation. Matthew Weiner and I talked about how to tell that story, realistically, of Don Draper in relad vacation mode and still be true to his character. Even though he's wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, he's still the gorgeous Don Draper.\n\nGQ: It's a sharp contrast to when he returns to New York and is back in his office uniform.\n\n Bryant: I think where we really see the difference, that we've never seen before with Don, is on this Hawaiian trip with that Hawaiian shirt and that green plaid sports coat. I have never done anything like that for Don Draper before. His bathing suit really shows that on the trip there wasn't an ounce of that traditional look we're used to seeing him in.\n\nGQ: That bathing suit was interesting because it actually looks like styles we're seeing now in the menswear. Did you have to sift through loads to find the right one?\n\n Bryant: No, there were just three. Those were vintage ones that we found for him. I have to say I hope that men's bathing suits are going to get smaller.\n\nGQ: Once Don gets back to the office, we see him back in his sharp suits but the rest of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is really branching out with their looks. Were you trying to push some characters further than normal?\n\n Bryant: That was really, really fun. I mean Roger Sterling bright blue sports coat was so great but it also really reflected all the changes he went through in season five and how those translated to season six. And then Harry; he was one of those characters I had so much fun with last year and even more this season.\n\nGQ: I know you're sworn to secrecy but based on the pictures we've seen from filming, it looks like this week was just the tip of the iceberg for Harry.\n\n Bryant: Well, what about Stan?\n\nGQ: Well, what about Don's entire creative team? They seemed to be taking a lot of liberties with their office looks. Was that really a mock turtleneck under Stan's shirt?\n\n Bryant: Absolutely! That shirt he has on is a western-style from Wrangler that I found, never worn, online and said \"that's a Stan shirt.\" I love this period for the layering, the dickies, the turtlenecks. Stan's also wearing a wider belt, he's wearing cowboy boots which I don't know if you got to see last night.\n\nGQ: Even in that pitch meeting dressed up he's still got on that apple green shirt and knit tie.\n\n Bryant: Very Stan. He's one of the characters I get to play with, but we want to keep everything grounded in reality. So not everybody has an updated look. With every season I try to have the costume design change subtly and so it's always true to the period. And I think that so much happened to all the different characters last year that it was appropriate and real that there would be those changes.\n\nGQ: It's interesting that Pete was in a three-piece suit this episode because that's really Roger's signature look. It felt like a move where the student was becoming the teacher.\n\n Bryant: It's interesting to see Pete erting a little bit more of his authority in the office. He has more responsibility now and wants to show it. I loved his interaction with Don, patting him on his back and Don just rolling his eyes.\n\nGQ: So does the Francis household own the greatest sweater collection known to man?\n\n Bryant: The knitwear in the Francis home is something else. For that scene, I have this backstory that Betty buys Henry all his sweaters and while he probably hates that sweater, he wears it to be a good husband.\n\nGQ: I don't think I've ever seen a motif like that on a sweater. I'm assuming that's vintage?\n\n Bryant: I love all of Henry's sweaters, I do. I have made pieces of knitwear for the show but that one is vintage, for sure.\n\nGQ: I know you're not giving away any secrets but is there any style moments coming up that we should be on the look out for?\n\n Bryant: Just a bunch of fabulouness.\n\nFor more from Janie Bryant, visit her website janiebryant.com\n\nMore Mad Men style on GQ.com:\n\n See our favorite looks from last night's Season 6 premiere\n\nCheck out every look Don Draper's ever worn\n\nRead our interviews with Janie Bryant from Season 5"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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