What inspired the outfits in "The Handmaid's Tale"

60 Minutes Overtime. >> This week on 60 Minutes, we sit down with Canada's best known author, Margaret Atwood. Now 85, she has published 64 books in counting, including the bestselling The Handmaid's Tale.>> Under his eye. >> Under his eye. Published in 1985, The Handmaid's Tale depicts a near future America overtaken by religious dictatorship, where a dwindling number of fertile women are forced to cloak themselves in red and bear children for the elite.The book would sell more than 10 million copies and s ...