A possible concise summary is:
This is a video transcript of a fashion historian who analyzes the outfits of three female characters from the TV show Mad Men, which is set in the 1960s. She explains how the costumes reflect the personalities, backgrounds and aspirations of each character, as well as the social and cultural changes of the decade. She also compares the costumes to real vintage garments and magazines, and discusses how the show influenced contemporary fashion trends.
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1. Mad Men is set in New York City in the 1960s, specifically on Madison Avenue in the advertising industry.
2. The costume designer Janie Bryant created a signature style for each character through consistency of silhouette and color palette.
3. Betty Draper exhibits suburban style in polished American sportswear with a fit and flare silhouette and a cool color palette.
4. Joan Holloway exhibits the ideal body type of the late 1950s with tightly fitted dresses in rich jewel tones and a pen necklace as a symbol of her authority.
5. Peggy Olsen undergoes the most dramatic transformation from a naive schoolgirl to an ambitious career woman, adopting the fashionable A-line silhouette and vibrant prints in the later seasons.
6. The show inspired fashion collaborations with Brooks Brothers and Banana Republic, and showed how period films and television shows can influence contemporary fashion.