A Designers' Dozen

Harve Benard's silk and
wool jacquard double-
breasted jacket is teamed
with a side-pleated skirt
and a silk crepe de chine
button-down shirt.

Harve
Benard

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here's a whole new way of
dressing this fall, and it's epito-
mized by a Harve Benard suit.
It's uncluttered and body-
conscious; for example, a side-button
jacket skims a button-front wrap skirt
with stitched-down box pleats. The
perfect accent — a white silk stock
tie/bow blouse with dimpled shoulder.
Another smart, executive suit is
precisely tailored in a crisp silk and
wool jacquard. It merges a shawl-
collared double-breasted jacket with a
slim stitched-down side-pleated skirt
that artfully conceals a slit for extra
mobility, A silk crepe de chine button-
down shirt adds the finishing touch.
Knits have a fresh, new proportion.
The new longer cardigan jacket but-

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tons over leggy stirrup pants and a
turtleneck pullover with a diamond-
shaped applique,
Benard's command performance
dresses include a strong-shouldered
chemise with top buttons, in two-tone
grey flannel, designed to negotiate at
board meetings as well as to "work"
after five,

