Lucille Ball once observed "Don treats a movie star like a laundry girl and a laundry girl like a movie star". He once saw a famous customer walking up to his store and ran over and locked the door saying "Shes not coming in here dressed like that". Mr. Loper was a bit of a renaissance man from acting, dancing, choreography to fashion and interior design. His boutique in Beverly Hills was successful ...However he made his real money by licencing his designs to Downtown L.A. and New York apparel firms that mass produced and distributed his designs to the hundreds of regional boutiques and department stores across the country. His neck ties were still in production well into the 1980's even though Mr. Loper passed away in 1972.
Ad for Don's Ready-to-wear line.
Don and his salon made a guest appearance on "I love Lucy" ...apparently Miss Ball and Don were not on speaking terms for years after.
