Mad Men's Matthew Weiner and Janie Bryant: Threads of the Story

WSJ: For “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner, it was instant intrigue. He first noticed Janie Bryant, the show’s costume czarina, in an office elevator three years ago. The Tennessee-born stylist, who had recently finished designing late-19th-century costumes for the American Western series “Deadwood,” was on her way to interview with Weiner, but both were unknown to each other at the time. Bryant was sporting a gargantuan belt buckle. “It was like something a prizefighter would wear,” Weiner says. “I thought, ‘How bold. How cool.’ ” It didn’t take long for Weiner to make a decision after the two-hour interview that followed—he hired her two days later.