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Harriet Kassman

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Chevy Chase Bridal Holds Liquidation Sale

The legendary Friendship Heights wedding dress boutique will close in October.

It's the end of an era in Friendship Heights: Chevy Chase Bridal—the only remnant of the legendary Harriet Kassman high-fashion boutique that closed in 2009 after more than 30 years of dressing Washington's socialistas—is holding its going-out-of-business sale. The liquidation sale starts on Friday, Aug. 17, and doors will close in October, Barbara Martin, a store spokesperson, told Patch. Closing sale discounts will start at 30 to 50 percent, and will get bigger as the closing date approaches. The entire inventory—bridal gowns, bridesmaid dresses, mother-of-the-bride dresses, veils and eveningwear—will be sold, according to a store statement. Wedding dress prices start at $199. Designers include: Anne Bowen, Badgley Mischka, Douglas …

Monday, February 27, 2012

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 …

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