I'm old enough to remember that era. The average person did walk around in collared shirts and at minimum, khaki pants. The average women wore loose fitting clothes in morning and afternoon to clean the home and go shopping, and then bathed and changed into a dress for the evening.
Mad Men, other than being a bit too overly polished, hit the nail on the head for advertising execs of the era. My father was an ad-man and trust me, clothes and presentation were of utmost importance. My very elderly mom still has designer dresses in her closet from that 60's.
There's no denying that the standards were higher then. My argument with the retard in this thread was simply that people didn't walk around in starched Sunday-wear everywhere they went and not even ironed shirts. That assumes blue collar -- which many more people were then -- and I'm sure ad execs had different standards yet.
I'm certain the retard was basing his opinions on pictures from the era which are going to have a selection bias towards people who would spend their money on a camera and would thus be less likely to be a farmer or the mechanic in a local town.
If I'm honest, I'm pretty sure the entire thing was just an opportunity for the retard to tell everyone how thin and fit he is.
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