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The Best Of Everything

This famous clothes horse stays close to his outfitter.

T

hey look like the oddest of
couples ... But one thing
both have in common ...
They love clothes.
Chuck Daly, former basketball
coach of the Detroit Pistons during
their championship days, former TV
basketball analyst, and now coach of
the Orlando Magic's NBA squad,
loves to wear them ... And is consid-
ered among the best-dressed sports
figures on television.
Dino Mitropoulos loves to make
clothes ... Especially those worn by
Chuck because he wears them so well
while showing the world Dino's tailor-
ing craftsmanship.
Although Chuck is in Orlando
coaching and on the golf courses as
much as possible, he and wife Terry
still maintain a home in West Bloom-
field.
Whenever he gets back to Michi-
gan, Chuck makes the rounds of his
favorite eating places ... Andiamo
West, where he celebrated the
appointment to his present position;
Tribute, where Terry made his 65th
birthday party; Capital Grille in his
favorite shopping sector, Somerset
Collection, and serving Chuck's pre-
ferred dish of steak and potatoes;
Ginopolis' On The Grille, where he
eats Montgomery ribs and shmoozes
with good friends Johnny and Pete
Ginopolis; Big Daddy's Parthenon,
where Chuck and Dino would meet
for lunch when it was called Chuck
Daly's Great Northern; and others.
Dee Shapiro, champion amateur
ballroom dancer, whose mantel at
home is so loaded with trophies that
the den floor may also start running
out of room, says Chuck sure doesn't
need terpsi lessons ... She danced with
him at Chuck and Terry's daughter
Cindy's wedding and says, "He can
really swing!" ... Chuck and Terry
have been married more than 40 years
and still cut a mean rug together on
the dance floor.
Dino goes under the name of Dino
The Tailor, with a reputation of cloth-
ing famous figures who he likes to
make look good ... Chuck, Lee Iacco-
ca, Mike Ilitch, Anthony Quinn, Gre-
gory Peck, Maria Callas, Marlon
Brando, Brigitte Bardot, Billy Sims,
Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, Isiah

Thomas, Jacques Demers, Jerry Vale
... Like Philip Formaro, head tailor at
and so many more.
Steve Petix, Or Benny Bohm. Tailors
When in town, Chuck usually
like these, with golden hands, just
comes by Dino's store at 725 South
aren't around anymore."
Adams, Adams Square, in Birming-
Dino also designs and tailors cloth-
ham, to say hello .. and talk
ing for women. "I like
about clothes, of course.
women to dress like women
The first suit that Dino tai-
— be more female," he says.
lored for Chuck Daly was a
During the 1992
Lou Myles creation, one of
Olympic Games in
many designed by Dino at the
Barcelona, Spain, Chuck
former Kosins clothes ... He
Daly, coach of the gold
considers Lou Myles' collection
medal American basketball
among the world's best made
team, told of his clothes tai-
and designed clothes for men.
lored by "Dino with the
Dino was in Athens,
golden hands."
D ANNY
Greece, when singer Jerry Vale
Dino's skill with the nee-
RA SKIN
came to Kosins ... Harry
dle
and thread has become
Kosins admired his clothes and Local Columnist so well noted that folks have
Jerry told him that they were
been seeking him out to tai-
made by a tailor in Greece, Dino
lor their clothes "like Chuck Daly
Mitropolous ... Harry brought Dino
wears."
here in 1968 as his head fitter on
In other words, make them look
Griswold in Detroit ... When Kosins
good, too.
BACK IN 1984, when Dee
Shapiro entered her first dance com-
petition, Chuck Daly took Dee aside
and gave her a real coach's pep talk
that has been a motivator for her to
this day.
He'll be glad to know that his
words of wisdom about relaxing and
having fun while doing what a person
does best were with Dee at the recent
17th annual Texas Challenge dance
tournament in Houston.
(Dee calls it the Texas Marathon
because she had to dance morning,
noon and night.)
Almost 5,000 dancers ... 7,000
entries ... and Dee brought home 51
trophies.
Lucky for her and hubby Dr. Mar-
shall Shapiro that too much more
room wasn't needed for them ... On a
large tray are 40 first place stickers,
Chuck Daly and Dino Mitropoulos.
four seconds and four thirds ... Also
with the tray are three styled trophies
moved to Southfield, he opened the
for first place, second and third ...
store as its head tailor.
One of them is an egg-shaped crystal
Dino was among the best tailors in
for receiving the very prestigious top
Athens, where he attended design
advanced student award.
school two years, and design school in
Now, if she could only play basket-
Paris for a year.
ball.
"In the old days," says Dino, "a tai-
CONGRATS ... To Howard and
lor in Europe had to go to school to
Susan Dubin ... on their 30th anniver-
learn his trade. Today, almost anybody
sary.
can be a tailor. That's why European
WHERE THEY ARE Dept. ... All
tailors from the old school are the best on WYUR 1310 AM Radio ...