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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.'