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TAKE 5: GROWING SLEEPWEAR WITH A CANCER-FIGHTING CAUSE.


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Some people wear the causes they support on their lapels. Now, supporters of breast cancer research can wear their causes to bed.

For the third year, designer Karen Karen

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 Neuburger has come out with her ``Wake Up and Smell the Roses'' print sleepwear, with an undisclosed percentage of those sales donated do·nate  
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To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute.

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To make a contribution to a fund or cause.
 to the Nina Hyde Center at Georgetown University's Lombardi Cancer Research Center.

New to the collection are a robe ($68) and slippers ($20) to complete the pajama ensembles of previous years, including boyfriend pajamas pajamas
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US pyjamas

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, night shirts and button-front gowns in the distinctive print of roses and pink ribbons - the breast cancer symbol.

Over the last eight years, Neuburger and other designers together have raised millions of dollars for breast cancer research in the name of Nina Hyde, former fashion editor of the Washington Post, who died of breast cancer in 1990.

Karen Neuburger sleepwear is distributed through retailers such as Nordstrom, Macy's and Bloomingdale's.

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PHOTO ``Wake Up and Smell the Roses'' sleepwear carries a message about breast cancer.

John Lazar/Staff Photographer
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Title Annotation:L.A. Life
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Sep 20, 1999
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