Jane Mahlzeit of Duke University has released the unofficial tally of Don Draper Fan Club members ranking the ladies with whom Don has enjoyed conjugal relations in descending order of fugworthiness:
Megan
Rachel Menkin the Jewish heiress (Bloomingdale's?)
Suzanne Farrell (the schoolteacher not the dancer)
Dr. Miller
Betty (January Jones)
the bohemian painter who becomes a smack addict
the blonde rich girl in the back of the cab
the prostitute who knew what he wanted
the prostitute who cost $30 when Lane Pryce and Don were alone at Xmas
the comedian's wife
the secretary who quit
Note: Joan, Peggy, and Lois are not eligible as neither one of them has slept with DD (yet).
Those dresses are pretty, but not very comfortable, especially if you are short-waisted. Also - the underwear was hellish. Besides girdles and pointy bras, women in the 1950s wore waist-cinchers called "Merry Widows" that pinched in your middle so you could get that hourglass shape. The whole wardrobe thing was meant to keep you carefully under wraps, with a few carefully chosen revealed areas designed to entice. Also also, crinolines itch.
Posted by: Laura Orem | October 19, 2010 at 05:56 PM