
Harriet Kassman (foreground) helping a customer at her store in Mazza Galleria in 2009.
(Marcus Yam/The Washington Post)
“Yes, I bought this suit from Harriet. You don’t think I would dare come here in something I bought anywhere else, do you?”
— Nina Totenberg delivering the eulogy Tuesday at the Washington funeral of Harriet Kassman, owner of the eponymous ladies clothing boutique that dressed so many of D.C.’s powerbrokers — including Totenberg, the NPR correspondent — for more than 30 years. Kassman died Friday at age 90.
Related: Read Harriet Kassman’s obituary: “D.C.’s unofficial arbiter of haute couture’
Read earlier: End of an era for Harriet Kassman boutique, 7/6/09

















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