Dana Buchman
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Dana Buchman is an upscale women's fashion brand, and its founder, Dana Buchman, an American
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 fashion designer and creative designer of the same name. It is owned by the Liz Claiborne
Liz Claiborne
Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500...

 fashion company.

History

Dana Buchman was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee
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. Buchman graduated from Brown University
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 and was a President's Fellow at the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
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 before earning an Advance Degree in Fashion at London's St. Martin's School of Art. After graduating, Dana Buchman became a creative head for Ellen Tracy.

In 1982, Dana Buchman was approached by American designer and executive Liz Claiborne
Liz Claiborne
Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500...

 and joined the corporation with a design job in knitwear. After five years with Liz Claiborne, Buchman started her eponymous bridge collection under the Liz Claiborne corporation.

Dana Buchman has been a member of the Council of Fashion Designers America since 1991. She married her husband Tom Farber, a New York State judge, in 1985. They have two daughters Charlotte and Annie Rose. In 2006, Buchman co-authored "A Special Education: One Family's Journey Through the Maze of Learning Disabilities." Written with her daughter Charlotte, the book reveals Charlotte's struggle with her learning disabilities, as well as Buchman's own path to self-discovery. Buchman donated the profits from the book to the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

In 2008, Buchman announced that she would be discontinuing her higher prices line to design exclusively for Kohl's
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.

Current store locations

  • Arizona
    Arizona
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     - Scottsdale Fashion Square, Scottsdale
    Scottsdale, Arizona
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  • Florida
    Florida
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    • Town Center, Boca Raton
      Boca Raton, Florida
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    • 225 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach
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  • Nevada
    Nevada
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     - The Forum Shops
    The Forum Shops at Caesars
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     at Caesars Palace
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    , Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada
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    , Nevada
    Nevada
    Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

  • New York
    New York
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    • Americana Manhasset, Manhasset
      Manhasset, New York
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    • 65 East 75th St, New York City
      New York City
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