INO Minichiello has @ photo of his father, Faul, from 1970. 8 The elder Minichiello Ppears about the same age ino is now, 27, His hair in a cktail, he sports a dapper ist suit of his own creation. was all the rage with the Oung swingers” of the time d the Italian born tailor @ld thousands of them across me U.S. and Canada, The fhoto accompanies a newspa- er article that refers to the aster tailor as the Pierre gardin of Lonsdale. In his ryday he tailored suits for er~onny Bono and as many as 00 hockey players, including Aayne Gretzky and Pat Duinn. He remains the tailor choice for the Canucks @resident and g.m., working om his Esplanade shop, gown simply as Paul’s of orth Shore. * Dino would like to repeat Arch success so he’s following Br his father’s footsteps. But le’s wearing different shoes. -“P’m not right into the tai- red look,” he says, passing gn the worsted wools and fanker’s pinstripes in favor of etch velour and cotton Wcra. Custom suits are Dad’s lomain. Dino’s energies are ussed on a line of men’s fad women’s underwear, ive always been interest- ad in design,” says the youn Rshion designer in-the-make Bas a student at Carson Wasraham he gained a reputa- Mon for being a stylish dress- ar. When he graduated he lesigned a zip-front dress fhirt and had it sewn up in his jad’s shop. Friends saw him earing it and wanted the me.: But something was holding him back. t~ “T never knew if I could ve up to my dad,” he says. Ye dabbled in graphic arts, Pepndscaping an Eating before gaining the con- PAGE Samis (right), with portraitist Carol Homer, opens the joint exhibit at the Silk Purse Arts Centre with a reception Tuesday starting at 7 p.m. Info: 925-7291. terior deco-. CRA naw. ag fugit NEWS photo Pau! McGrath(aboveyPhcto submitted DINO Minichiello (above) and his father Paul share an interest in clothing design, though they're cut from a different cloth. A tailor for for more than 30 years, the elder Minichiello nas made a name for himself cloth- Ing hockey players and business executives in cus- tom-made suits. Dino is aiming for a difforent market with his new line of underwear (right). Called ONS, they appeal to the young and trendy. fidence to plunge into the clothing market. Sixth months ago, while camping in Tofino, he came up with the idea for “ONS,” 2 line of underwear that's young and hip. The name gave him a marketing hook — “Try them ONS and you won't want to take them off”; and “You've got it going ONS” are two possible advertising slogans e’s working on. With the help of friends and family he set up an office downstairs from his dad’s shop, established a partner- ship with cousin Frank DiSalvo, and sewed up a line of samples: boxers, briets and G-strings in loud colors, retro rints and sensuous fabrics ike stretch velour and burn- out velvet. They're manufac- tured in Richmond and will sell for between $18 and $35 when they arrive in stores this September. “That’s cheap for designer underwear,” he says. Two weeks ago he shopped his line around and the orders have started to flow in from stores like Diane’s Lingerie and Loungewear on South Granville and Lanita’s in Caulfeild Village. NEWS photo Mike Wakefleld of Diane’s, has placed an order tor 60 boxers. it’s very, very well made,” says Thompson of the line. Diane Thompson, owner sell very well.” “It’s young, it’s cute and hey’re different and the alent) Silk Purse highlights artist’s painted garden By Layne Christensen Community Reporter PAGE Samis has been around art all her life but it is only in the past year that she has made a seri- ous commitment to her craft. The 51-year-old artist opens her first show of paintings Tuesday at the Silk Purse Arts Centre where she has worked as gallery director and administrator of the West Vancouver Community Arts Council tor the past three years. Samis will share the spotlight with Carol Homer, a West Vancouver portraitist: and feliow member of the Yellow Door, a Burnaby studio of women artists. Asa chtld, she was surrotunded by art. Her grandmother, Caulteild pioncer Grace Canadian. I know they will That's just what Minichiello wants to hear, even if he’s a bit dazed by all the positive feedback. “Tr seeins like it’s alrnost act ye RESTS too easy. They’re just jumping on it — Pm super surprised,” he says, But his father is not so surprised. “Dino has really good ideas. I think it could be a multi-billion-dollar business,” is the elder N endorser OSSOMS Redden painted porcelain china, and her mother, Peggy, was also an artist. Summers as a child were spent in Penticton where Samis studied with Toni Onley, As an adult, work and “trying to make a living” took her away from art, she says. But since joining the Yellow Door, Samis says she’s experienced a renewed commitment to art. “When [I’m there I get so focussed I sometimes forget ro cat, You get on such a high creating and you can’t just put it down like a cup of tea,” she sa Works she will display at the Silk Purs include watercolors, pastels and acrylics as well as four hand-painted ceramic dishes. Many have a garden theme. All inspired by her mother, who p last June, and by Onley, h teacher, who is expected to attend the Aug. 27 opening. Pastels and Watercolors bv Page and Carol Hamer contianes through Sept. 8 at the Silk Purse, 1570 Argyle Ave, West Vancouver.