1.   At the preview party, visitors were encouraged to try things out on the spot, including the Boffi shower.

2.   A preview party featuring a progressive dinner and live entertainment will be held the night before.

3.   For a preview party last week, trumpeters blaring fanfares, guards in Cossack uniforms and a pair of borzois named Passion and Nirvana greeted the guests.

4.   Hurricane Hugo struck on the night of their preview party.

5.   The back lawn of the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel is littered with stars from Mariel Hemingway to Mandy Patinkin during a recent CBS fall preview party.

6.   The benefit will serve as its preview party.

7.   Mauldin visited the Dallas exhibition during a preview party last week.