Monday, January 30, 2012

MEASURE OF A MAN - 1968

California Designer Don Loper
all eyes on me

RICHARD HARRIS
Currently starring on Broadway in Camelot, this poetic Irishman born in Limerick, wears his own design of rich velvet edged in black braid worn over a floral-printed chiffon turtleneck.

GEORGE HARRISON
Flared-cuff floral-print jacket 

BYELE-CHURCH
polyester jumpsuit - low-slung belt
ANDREW MENYES
"Bonnie and Clyde" flavoured polyester suit
Illustrations: Fred-Eric Spione

DIVAS AND DANDIES
THE NEW HOST SUIT - PAUL RESSLER
Braid-trimmed Moire
The woman - Joanna Simon

BILL MILLER
SILK MOCK-TURTLE TUNIC SHIRT
The Woman - Anna Moffo

THE EVENING JUMPSUIT FOR THE CONTEMPORARY HOST
O'BRIEN MORRIS
French-cut velvet in brown, blue, gold and red

PAUL McCARTNEY -  JANE ASHER
Moire lapelled double-breasted tux - satin tie and stickpin
REDMAN ITALY
Long six-button double-breasted jacket
tobacco worsted plaided with gold
Illustration: Harlan Krakovitz

GIG YOUNG
Mike Roth of Kuppenheimer's marine motif, chartreuse-on-beige tussah silk jacket


POLITICAL FASHION STATEMENT
THE NEHRU JACKET
Started by Feruch of Paris, the 'Nehru' is marketed in the west. Popularized by the Beatles and the Monkees, the  jacket features a trim stand-up collar and long lean fitted line borrowed from the Indian sherwani or achkan - a coat-like jacket popularized by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. 


ANTIQUED BRASS TOE-PLATES
BILL BLASS

Don Lopez Collection
"There haven't been any gentlemen's clothes in the market for years."
A former dancer - Ginger Rogers partner in Lady in the Dark, Don Loper turned to design in 1946 opening a salon in Beverly Hills from where he created screen and personal wardrobes for a galaxy of Hollywood stars. He also had a hand in designing homes, hotel interiors, fabrics, children's clothing  and jewelry. His name has appeared on neckties and cologne and, 1968 saw the  launch of his new 'total collection.'
David Gottlieb for Gino Paoli
slacks - Dunlee

John Hampton walking suit - Leon of Paris
Paul Wattenberg design
California designer Stuart Nelson
Stitch-trimmed Nehru-collared jacket and pants with patch-pocket features

all lives on me ...
Man of the House 1968


Gentlemen's Quarterly February 1968
Photography: Leonard Nones


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