Estée Lauder Launches 'Mad Men' Collection

Fans of AMC's hit show, "Mad Men," may not get the chance to try out the Belle Jolie lipsticks featured prominently in some of the earliest episodes, but they can thank Estée Lauder for giving them the next best thing.

The beauty giant has paired up with show creator Michael Weiner to create a limited-edition makeup collection. The Mad Men Collection will consist of Crème Rouge in Evening Rose, a beautiful medium-pink blush, and Signature Lipstick in Cherry, a classic cherry-red lipstick.

The cosmetics company has drawn inspiration from the sixties for the packaging and the products themselves, taking special care to turn them into items that any woman would be proud to draw from her purse. The compact and lipstick tube are both gilded, and they come in boxes with elegant turquoise and gold floral designs.

The ad campaign will launch on the Bloomingdale's and Estée Lauder websites next month, where the products will be exclusively available for purchase. The collection's debut corresponds with the beginning of the show's fifth season, and another makeup line is already in the works for the sixth.

Following the show's previous successes, with apparel for Banana Republic and nail polish for Nailtini, it will come as no surprise if the Estée Lauder limited-edition collection becomes a mad sensation.
Text Esther Reisberg 
Source Style.com

Banana Republic Wants America To Dress Like It's 1960

If you ever fancied yourself a wardrobe like that of tall & chic Betty Francis or dapper Don Draper, quit dreamin' because now you can! A&E's hit 1960s-set show Mad Men has followed the ad men and women of Sterling Cooper in their lives while smoking Lucky Strike cigarettes, having love affairs and drinking whiskey on and off... mostly on. The collection, which debuts August 11, was supposed to coincide with the show's return to TV, but well... since that isn't going to happen 2012, we'll just have to keep occupied with new clothes.

The Banana Republic collection features the work of Mad Men Costume Designer Janie Bryant and the brand's creative director Simon Kneen. The collection features short pearl necklaces, tailored dresses, lace sleeveless shirts, structured bags, demure shirts, high-waisted pants, trench coats and more. For men, the collection features fedoras, pocket squares, money clips, knit sweaters, handsome dinner jackets. This 65-piece collection will take your living-out-Don-Draper-or-Betty-Francis's-life dream to the extreme!

An X-Men Movie, '60s Style

Just when you thought they had run out of ideas for comic book movies, here's one that actually might end up being pretty cool. Heads up, Marvel aficionados, the new X-Men movie, X-Men: First Class, will be set in the Sixties. No word yet on how well they might execute the story, but a '60s-era X-Men movie seems ironically to be a whole lot fresher than one set in a futuristic world.

Movieline broke the news, reporting that Professor X and Magneto will "meet and conceive of the X-Men" in the film, that the technological effects will have an "early James Bond" vibe, and that the costumes will be old-school - Mad Men attire instead of vinyl jumpsuits, perhaps? Director Matthew Vaughn and producer Bryan Singer have taken on quite a challenge in setting the X-Men against a backdrop of the JFK presidency and the civil rights movement, but this just may be a comic book movie to break the mold. We can expect X-Men: First Class to hit theaters in the summer of 2011, but that's no reason not to get excited now.

Text Molly O'Brien