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Those were the good old days, eh? When you could pitch cigarettes as the healthy alternative, and differentiate yourself from the competition by calling your tobacco “toasted”?

(Thanks, Digg!)

Later this month Brooks Brothers will sell 250 limited-edition Mad Men suits. I think I’ll stick with current sub-Draper wardrobe, but it’s impressive how quickly Mad Men morphed from a TV show into a fashion lifestyle.

More at Uncrate.

According to Daily Mail UK, “secret” product placement in the show by brands such as London Fog and Stoli “could have been a plan masterminded by Donald Draper himself.” Secret?! Have you seen the show??

(Note: While product placement is a wide-spread practice in American movies and TV shows, it’s frowned upon in the UK and prohibited by the BBC’s internal guidelines.)