Friendship Heights Fashion Legend Harriet Kassman Dies at Age 90
Harriet Kassman's boutique closed in 2009, but her bridal salon—Chevy Chase Bridal—is still managed by her son, Nick Kassman, at the Mazza Gallerie.
Harriet Kassman, of Harriet Kassman—the high-fashion Friendship Heights boutique that closed in 2009 after over 30 years of dressing Washington's women for the capital's social scene—passed away on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the age of 90. Her boutique store, which was located at the Mazza Gallerie (and before that, on Jenifer Street NW) from 1977 until she retired in 2009, was known as the place to go for that very special dress, which Kassman would personally help a customer to select, and which would be custom-fit by one of the store's full-time seamstresses, reported The Washington Post when the store held its final going-out-of-business sale. Unfortunately, the high-end store could not withstand the recession. But, Kassman's bridal gown …
