Rat Pack Suits
It's from 1960, before you were born.
- Era
- 1960s
- Peak
- 1960–1967
- Signature
- slim tailored suit, skinny tie
- Revived
- 2000s Mad Men effect
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About
As of 2026, it's 66 years old.
In the early 1960s, the well-dressed man had exactly one assignment: look like he could order a martini and quietly run Las Vegas. The Rat Pack — Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. — set the standard in slim, razor-sharp suits, skinny ties, and pocket squares, worn with bulletproof confidence.
Clean lines, crisp white shirts, not a wrinkle in sight: this was grown-up cool, the polished counterpoint to the decade's youthquake. The look said you had somewhere important to be and a tuxedo already waiting there.
It came roaring back in the 2000s when Mad Men reminded the world that a perfectly cut early-'60s suit is, and forever shall be, undefeated.
Rat Pack Suits through the years
Rat Pack cool
Sinatra and company define sharp, slim-suited Vegas glamour.
The Mad Men effect
The show revives slim early-'60s tailoring in modern menswear.
