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"  It&amp;#039;s after midnight in the balmy tropics of the Dominican Republic, and at the sprawling open-air compound owned by Tibi designer Amy Smilovic, a full-on dance party\u2014thanks to Justin Timberlake on the stereo\u2014is heating up. Eight women, Smilovic&amp;#039;s friends, muses, and loyal customers, are grooving to the beat on the marble patio, atop plush white chairs, and even on one unfortunate rattan table. &amp;quot;I haven&amp;#039;t moved like this since I had the baby!&amp;quot; shouts Coralie Charriol Paul, creative director of the Swiss jewelry company Charriol. Adding to the festive atmosphere are the psychedelic swirls of Technicolor (aquamarine, fuchsia, canary yellow) created by the fly girls&amp;#039; flirty cocktail dresses\u2014all Tibi, naturally. Together they look like a 1960s Isaac Abrams painting come to life.  &amp;quot;These are my guinea pigs,&amp;quot; says a giggling Smilovic, who, with her generous, relaxed attitude, greeted guests in a terry cloth swim cover-up and with a glass of pinot grigio, setting the casual tone for the weekend. Intended as a thank-you to her friends and as inspiration for her new line of shoes and bikinis and for her spring collection, loosely based on Elizabeth Taylor in Tennessee Williams&amp;#039; Suddenly, Last Summer, the trip included horseback riding in sugarcane fields (the green of the stalks could be seen in the season&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;50s-style gingham prints), a catamaran trip to Catalina Island (in silk scarf dresses), and five-star dinners (just because). All in all, the chic Caribbean lifestyle of Casa de Campo, the exclusive resort where Oscar de la Renta owns a home, Le Cirque has a restaurant, and Smilovic has spent time for the past decade (she lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her husband and two young sons) couldn&amp;#039;t be more in line with the 10-year-old Tibi brand.  Smilovic designs the kind of universally flattering clothes that burst with playful personality. Put on any piece and you&amp;#039;re instantly the life of the party. &amp;quot;Every woman can find a Tibi dress that represents her style,&amp;quot; says new society darling and actress Byrdie Bell, who wore a Moroccan turban with her white cotton top. British corporate development consultant Chessy Wilson belted a striped shirtdress before accessorizing with mismatched bangles.  &amp;quot;Everything I do has to have a laid-back ease to it, which is why I love the Dominican Republic,&amp;quot; says Smilovic, who started the line on a whim when she was living in Hong Kong for her husband&amp;#039;s work. &amp;quot;It should never look like it took more than 15 minutes to get ready.&amp;quot;  After two days, the weekend winds down (Paul won the dance-off), and the women are sharing a final glass of wine and bawdy bedtime stories, including one in which a guest confesses to having lost her virginity wearing Tibi. The hostess tucks her legs underneath her on the couch and surveys the room. Pillows are strewn about. Half-eaten trays of fresh mango are everywhere. And more than one of the designer&amp;#039;s floor-length dresses has been knotted up into a mini. Observing the tableau, Smilovic grins, adding, &amp;quot;God, these girls look great.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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