Bridal Mogul Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99

Bridal Mogul Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter Dies at 99
A general view of atmosphere during Gilt Celebrates Kleinfeld Bridal's first ever digital sample sale in their Manhattan store at Kleinfeld in New York on Jan. 12, 2015. Andrew Toth/Getty Images for GILT
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NEW YORK—Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, a bridal industry mogul and Holocaust survivor, has died in Manhattan. She was 99.

Word of her March 29 death has spread steadily, drawing her praise and reflecting her decades-long impact on an industry that once offered few options for would-be brides before she expanded the possibilities, attracting women to her Brooklyn business from across the world.