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BY PAULA L. MOLINO

T The party invitations are pouring in. How will you dress

up for the holidays? Forget the old standby velvet party dressand strand of pearls. Opt for elegant styling by designer DanaBuchman, who recently presented her polished sophisticatedsuits and career looks at a private cocktail party and fashionshow at Bloomingdale’s at Bridgewater Commons. Proceedsfrom Dana Buchman purchases that evening benefitedSomerset Medical Center Auxiliary.

Ms. Buchman’s collection, which easily glides from day toevening, takes holiday dressing to three levels: visiting friends,entertaining at home, and painting the town. Ms. Buchmanrecommends knitwear for all around comfort when bundlingup and driving to the countryside. Jeans and stretchstyle pants, topped with cable tweed sweaters,provide the casual side of holiday wear.Boots are a key accessory for casual attire.For fun at home, Ms. Buchman suggestscozy velour and knit dressing, comfort-able for curling up by the fireside. Whenentertaining, party clothes of embellishedsweaters and delicately embroideredpants worn with stiletto heels keep thewine and conversation flowing.

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AA cocktail party or an evening at “TheNutcracker” commands a candlelight palette ofbeautiful silk suits and sexy blouses, or a blacktuxedo jacket complemented by gold and cham-pagne pieces.

“A dressy sweater and evening pants in silkbrocade is the modern way to look dressed up,sophisticated and chic. Evening pants and asweater can go anywhere and look fantastic,”Ms. Buchman says. Sweaters in cashmere orlightweight wool with beaded embellishment orfur trim feel good next to the skin and can beworn with leather pants. The embellishmentcan serve as a necklace, adding earrings to bringout a woman’s personality.

Ms. Buchman takes pride in utilizing luxuryfabrications such as silk, cashmere, new bro-cades, interesting textures, and lambs wool.

She has favorite fabrics for each season,“You must start with beautiful fabrics.

Without it, you cannot create beautifuldesigns.” She personally tries on all

her designs so she knows how the fab-ric feels against her skin and how the

garment moves around her body.

A dressy sweater andembellished pants are

holiday essentials, according to designer

Dana Buchman, at right.

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2002 HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS

© 2002 by Packet Publications. All rights reserved.Printed in Canada. Published by Packet Publications at300 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08542

www.packetonline.com

Packet Publications wouldlike to wish everyone aHappy Holiday Season and a Successful and Healthy New Year!


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H Harmonizing with lavish fabrics, Ms.Buchman’s rich selection of platinum, mala-chite, peacock blue, red and fuchsia are reminis-cent of royalty. A coffee colored silk sweatersprinkled with peacock blue beads, resting onthe same color slim leg pant with embroideredpeacock blue flowers, is suitable for an officeparty or a New Year’s Eve bash.

Ms. Buchman enjoys designing with animalprints, making a bold statement with a zebraprint ottoman jacket worn over a black shell andwool pants. Pair the zebra pants with a heaven-ly black cashmere sweater for another effect.As a suit lover, she likes to throw evening jack-ets over short skirts and sexy sweaters.

“That is the beauty of American sportswear!You can combine pieces.” Ms. Buchmanthinks that her clothes aren’t overbearing.“They are timely, timeless, and lend them-selves to personality.”What one piece should a woman have for the

holiday? “You must have an evening blouse,”says Ms. Buchman. Whether it’s a black

blouse with a white trimmed jabot or a can-dlelight surplice style, her blouses are

adorned with feminine ruffles, afashionable alternative to that

ho-hum velvet dress.

Paula L. Molino is afree-lance writer and fre-

quent contributor to PacketPublications. She is owner ofFashion Fix, a full service fashionconsulting business. For more infor-mation, e-mail [email protected] or call (215)321-7399.

To make a bold statement this holiday season, pair animalprint pants with a silk sweater or evening blouse.

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