Joan Holloway: "You were crying in the break room, which I have specifically forbidden."

Ah, Joanie!  She's a sexy bombshell with a core of steel.  She's tough and no-nonsense, sometimes even to the point of being a bit frightening, but her advice is always correct ("You want to be taken seriously, stop dressing like a little girl.").  Joan can also be tender, though, and her talents aren't relegated to running the office: she plays the accordion!  

And though Joan generally seems to not take the casual misogyny of the men at Sterling Cooper too seriously, she still suffers from it--and gets angry about it ("You want to be a big shot.  Well, no matter how powerful we get around here, they can still just draw a cartoon.")  When her dream of becoming a wife and mother blows up, she does not just give up.  She focuses her attention on work, and gets herself a partnership in the business.  And in the end we learn that this tough dame is a true romantic at heart.  She won't marry Bob Benson ("Bob, put that away.").  She will only marry again--if she does--for love.

* 1950s silk floral print dress from Bonwit Tiller | missfarfalla

* accordion linocut print poster | thebigharumph

* Avon starburst brooch | Fabvintage1

* vintage ledger book | 86home

* Avon compact with mirror | CrissieGirl

* 1960s Sears manual typewriter | StoryTellersVintage

* 1930s San Francisco Examiner newsroom file cabinet | Nachokitty

* 1950s Naturalizer purse | reconstitutions

* 1950s wooden desk organizer | WhimzyTime

* 1950s high heel pumps | pastoria

xo

K