European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Big Bucks in the bridal Biz minded by the White by Patricia Leigh Brown new York times these Are the times that try brides soul Sll s 10.50a.m. On fifth Avenue filth venue in Bay Ridge Brooklyn thai is. Imprecisely to minutes i. Klein eld & son she sit that is to wedding gowns what the Pentagon is to fighter bombers wiil opon. Already anti ipalion is a Flung though the air like a Juno Breeze through a wedding gown Young women and their retinue a veritable bridal wave Wail in Tow lobby some clutching dog eared bridal magazines. They Are in Pursuit of their wedding Day they await he Wistrom of miss Judith miss Iman miss Irene miss Flo and the other Klein eld bridal consultants who ferreting through the store s 600 or so wedding dress styles by appointment Only will help them find the dress. The one that makes them look miss Flo said As if they Carne Down irom a the Perlack confection that will cause the safes consultant to Utler with Motherly Pride. This brings out your internal Beauty my love. You Don t need glitter to before the seasonal on Lauglin of Fondue Prois and electric woks brides face fundamental life choices. These concern veils Bird Cage or Cathedra necklines off the shoulder fabrics taffeta tulle Slipper Satin organza and lengths How does she took i h a Cathedral train tumbling 2vi Yards from her Waist. Within the dappled Pink waifs of Kleinfeld s 23 filling rooms that form the Centrepiece of the 11,000 Square toot store nearby there is a separate 4,000 Square foot store for bridesmaids reached by a Steinfeld limousine life s truths emerge. I look at their figure explained a sales consultant Lysne Connolly who has outfitted brides a Klei Foid s for 18 years. Then i bring them the dress they la look thinnest each month the store still a family run operation Sells Between 500 and 600 bridal gowns costing an average of $1.000 to $1.5430, including Headpiece. Inspired perhaps by the weddings of Caroline Kennedy and Sarah Ferguson brides last year bought More than 6,000 dresses Worth a total of $7 million at Kleinfeld s. According o tie management Vith an additional to .5 million to 12 million in bridesmaids dresses. On any saturday from january through May prime shopping time for june brides. Klein eld s will outfit More Nan 50 brides. Chain bridal shops and department stores do a brisk business at this time of year too but Kleinfeld s is the acknowledged Leader in to Al retail sales for one store according so Bride s Magazine. As such it is a venerable new York instil us on said Barbara Tober editor in chief of Bride s. The brides come from As far As Nigeria and said Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter also known As miss Hedda or mrs. K., who runs the business along with her husband Jack Schachler or. The k s As in Kleinfeld Are inherited from mrs. Schachler s father Isadore Kleinfeld who founded the store As a fur business in 1941. They Rule their kingdom with crusaders Zeal. One recent afternoon mrs. K foraged through her inventory in search of a dress a customer had seen at Henri Bendel she experienced genuine angst when she Cou a nol Lind it. As befits the monumental nature of marriage emotions run High Gabriela Ibarra had flown in with her Molher Olga from Mexico City to search Tor a dress she had seen in Spos Abe la an Kalian fashion Magazine. Her safes consultant miss Iman. Procured the dress a $2,500 italian import. I want it very very Irgil because i m going to lose six pounds Ibarra instructed her titter Vliss Flora. Ten pounds in a bridal dress is Only three quarters of an Inch Flora said seemly. Upon hearing fhe news the Bride s face willed like a iwo Day old Floral Centrepiece. In another room miss Flo was trying to dissuade another customer Irum a revealing sequin studded gown you can Wear a dress like this to a disco do you understand what i m saying miss Flo said. Only once in your Hie Aie you going to be 3 undo he the Bride Naid yes miss Flo said solemnly sometimes there ate pre wedding breakups it s a Gabriela Ibarra flow irom Mexico City to buy her dress at Klein eld s. or. K at Lehfeld special ordered a pro months. Ii a wedding i her Deposit generally dress and the store 8 to the Una Siliato Tou reai2,000kfd, her daughter after he in Early Spring Cus loge a saturday apr according to Ron 1 York bridal gown de the reason is that a adventurous retailer when you Thinh of her. And mrs. Schb because where Woi Manhattan said m now fashion territory England to buy from to ready to Wear the constant some i pm White mrs. Said with the season and Kleinfeld s scope n fashion scene where with Cathedral trains i visiting Klein eld s is ii according to mrs. choose Pura White i today s Bride has a she s educated own gowns with a t years today Bride c touches of Blush Pir popular this season daring some with i Gold and Silver lame mrs. Said. Afters mrs. K has some a brides to be. These pressured period More relaxed. I be n that s not Beautiful her words May no profusion of choices Michelle Caroline Hamden c&nn., Wai Kleinfeld s one Day. Shoulder silk and Lac sea Tell How did she want late a Princess to the fatigue thera w she looked Beautiful Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesda1
