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Lou Myles: The first thing you look at in a suit is the shoulders, says Italian-born men's clothing designer.
Lou Myles: The first thing you look at in a suit is the shoulders, says Italian-born men's clothing designer.

Lou Myles: The first thing you look at in a suit is the shoulders, says Italian-born men's clothing designer.

Date12/5/1980
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0131392F
Polished look: Lou Myles, above, creates, left, a black and white suit, $895, worn with a striped shirt, $110, and silk tie, $80.
Polished look: Lou Myles, above, creates, left, a black and white suit, $895, worn with a striped shirt, $110, and silk tie, $80.
7/7/1988
Service plus: Right, customers who brave Lou Myles' locked store entrance get top personal service, even a limousine ride.
Service plus: Right, customers who brave Lou Myles' locked store entrance get top personal service, even a limousine ride.
7/7/1988
Myles' first job was gambling: 'To keep the family eating I shot craps and laundered the money through my mother'
Myles' first job was gambling: 'To keep the family eating I shot craps and laundered the money through my mother'
9/26/1978
Slim bodice: Designer Kim Myles, below, checks fit of one of her creation - a double-breasted, lapel-collared dress with peg-shaped skirt, in Italian cotton
Slim bodice: Designer Kim Myles, below, checks fit of one of her creation - a double-breasted, lapel-collared dress with peg-shaped skirt, in Italian cotton
11/5/1979
Men's doric column ring at 18-karat yellow gold with bezel-set diamond, $5,300, man's 14-karat yellow gold ring with channel-set diamond, $2,975, both by Myles Mindham of Stones Fine Jewellery Ltd
Men's doric column ring at 18-karat yellow gold with bezel-set diamond, $5,300, man's 14-karat yellow gold ring with channel-set diamond, $2,975, both by Myles Mindham of Stones Fine Jewellery Ltd
2/19/1988
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
12/29/1977
Don Matheson and Paul Myles
Don Matheson and Paul Myles
11/22/1996
Tim Myles
Tim Myles
7/19/1993
Send in the clones: Don Myles of IBM Canada, left, and Andre Turgeon announce launch of new company that will sell low-cost computers yesterday.
Send in the clones: Don Myles of IBM Canada, left, and Andre Turgeon announce launch of new company that will sell low-cost computers yesterday.
6/4/1992
Head and shoulders above the rest, Craig Roberts, 28, of Mississauga gives Little Brother Justin Sopha a ride on a pair of wide shoulders.
Head and shoulders above the rest, Craig Roberts, 28, of Mississauga gives Little Brother Justin Sopha a ride on a pair of wide shoulders.
4/18/1992
Femininity and fit: Suits displayed at the Dior retrospective in Paris show the designer's emphasis on fitted waists and rounded shoulders and hips
Femininity and fit: Suits displayed at the Dior retrospective in Paris show the designer's emphasis on fitted waists and rounded shoulders and hips
3/24/1987
Once considered essential, the vest became practically an obsolete article of men's clothing over the past 20 years or so
Once considered essential, the vest became practically an obsolete article of men's clothing over the past 20 years or so
4/3/1973