HARVE' BENARD LADIES VINTAGE WOOL BLEND DOUBLE BREASTED LUXURY COAT

HARVE' BENARD LADIES VINTAGE WOOL BLEND DOUBLE-BREASTED LUXURY COAT WOOL BLEND DOUBLE-BREASTED HOOK& LOOP NECK CLOSURE One of the best-known names in apparel, Harvé Benard Ltd. was founded in 1967 by Benard and Morton Holtzman. The Harvé Benard apparel collections focus on lifestyle dressing, with a strong emphasis on value, quality, and contemporary styling. LONG ISLANDERS; DISCOVERING THE RIGHT NICHE IN THE GARMENT BUSINESS EVEN then they knew: In Bernard Holtzman's high school yearbook the prediction was made that his future would be in the textile industry. ''All my friends wanted to be foremen somewhere in a factory,'' Mr. Holtzman said. ''I said, why not own the thing?'' ''My original partner's name was Harvey,'' Mr. Holtzman said of the foreign-sounding name. ''I am Bernard, and we kind of Frenchified it.'' ''We basically make power clothing for career women,'' Mr. Holtzman said, explaining that he was talking about women of achievement. ''It's not entry-level clothing, which is the first thing you buy when you graduate from college.'' Mr. Holtzman said the woman who buys his clothing ''is a woman who's an urban woman -she's in a social environment. She's either in a serious career or her husband is in one.'' On a larger scale, Mr. Holtzman said the company, employing 170 people and selling to 2,500 wholesale customers, including most major department stores in the United States, has sales in excess of $100 million. GREAT VINTAGE CLOTHING!