NEW YORK, April 28, 2003/ FW/ --- Luxury is unleased this Fall at the Bogner Woman's and Sonia Bogner Collections.

Classics walk on the wild side - consider the luxurious zebra-printed leather blazer and flared jeans with hand-embroidered florals.

Even the most impeccable traditional tailoring is showing off some savage chic chez Bogner.

But it's not about dressing for safari or the circus. If modern dressing is an adventure in self-expression, today's style-smart woman dresses to suit her many moods: sometimes sporty, sometimes sexy, most times both.

The best fashion statement these days is understatement.

Wild style neeeded a little sophistication, a little taming... but not too much.

Saugave, but with a sweet tooth.

Talk about adventurous: Bogne Woman lets loose with a tiger-printed down jacket with leather piping and - for only the truly fashion-fierce: a bright orange quilted leather coat with orange fur follar.

Think of the short shearling jacket or long fitted shearling coat with lavish stitching as true "investment pieces", while the multi-colored tweed car coat says pretty-enough-for-the-city, not merely preppy.

And a palette that ranges from nero and bianco to terracotta, mocha and orange says one thing: eye-catching!

The key to the Sonia Bogner Collection is super luxe fabrics. In creative colors and touch-me texture.

Look for cool, light-reflecting lurex tweeds, silver brocade, double-face angora cashmere jackets, soft alpaca herringbone and exclusive Asian-inspired Etro prints on quilted vests.

It's power to the flowers with sportswear standouts like a hand-embroidered full-length shearline coat, a flower print/solid reversible down jacket and a mod, 60s-style peacoat that flaunts hand-stitched flowers on the collar.

How to be luxe and louche? Think nylon bomber jackets that reverse to weasel.

Embroidered velvet add a rustic note, while evening takes on a "diva" dimension: beads, black velvet, black crepe and exclusive Swarovski crystal accents abound.

When it comes to summing up modern feminine dressing at night, nothing says it like the little black tuxedo jacket.

Sonia does it with flair - and pairs it with long, sexy shirt.

The Bogner Womenswear Fall / Winter Collection 2003 will be available in specialty stores such as Wilkes Bashford (San Francisco), Tootsies (Houston), Stanley Korshuk (Dallas), Frances Hefferman (Chicago) and Daniel Fox (Palm Springs).

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