Dana Buchman

About Dana Buchman

Dana Buchman is an upscale women's fashion brand, and its founder, Dana Buchman, an American fashion designer and creative designer of the same name. It is owned by the Liz Claiborne fashion company.

Dana Buchman was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Buchman graduated from Brown University and was a President's Fellow at the Rhode Island School of Design 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 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.