While the 1950′s has been historically perceived as a relatively boring decade by our nation’s young people (in this instance young people may refer to anyone born later than 1959), AMC’s hit TV series Mad Men has single-handedly brought the decade back with a new found vengeance. Between the boozed-up office atmosphere, scandalous affairs carefully kept under wraps and say what you want to say attitude at the expense of political correctness, all portrayed in the show’s extremely well-written script, suddenly the 1950′s are hip, arguably for the first time in history, including the 1950′s. With an entire generation of young men striving to emulate Don Draper, for better or worse depending on your perspective, the first place to start is the throwback 50′s attire. Skinny ties are most notable comeback from a fashion standpoint, though no study has ever been conducted to directly correlate decreasing tie width with rise in Mad Men’s popularity. Considering its mainstream success, the show likely, at the very minimum, accelerated an already rising trend. Read more on this Article!