Laundry's Bridesmaids

Vernonbased Laundry by Shelli Segal is getting into the bridal business with a new collection of bridesmaids dresses.

The new collection is part of a partnership with Andy Buchbinder and Brett Levkoff, currently with Bill Levkoff Inc. Buchbinder and Levkoff will design, manufacture and sell the new collection in bridal boutiques nationwide.

The collection will be available to the trade in October for deliveries beginning in January 2005. Laundry is a division of New York–based Liz Claiborne. Laundry also launched its first footwear collection in August.