Chamber members to give Mary Abdoo & You shop a makeover
Mary Abdoo & You is getting a new look.
A handful of local businesses, led by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, will remodel the interior of the 58-year-old dress shop on Main Street in the City of Poughkeepsie as a gift to its new owner.
Lifelong city resident Jeanne Biever, 39, bought the business from the Abdoo family in August 2007. The store’s longtime owner, Mary Abdoo, died at 92 following an October 2006 car crash. Abdoo’s sisters, Freda Abdoo and Gemile Marrone, were also in the crash; Marrone died a year later as a result.
The store has carried bridal dresses and evening gowns since March 9, 1951, when it opened. Biever said she added “cute cocktail dresses,” which she buys in the Garment District in Manhattan, tuxedos and dresses sold on consignment.
“I thought this would be a wonderful business to be in,” she said.
