Patricia B. Murphy, longtime Ridgefield consignment retailer, passes away at 76

Patricia B. Murphy, who operated Ridgefield”™s consignment retailer Bring N Buy and Bring N Buy, Too, for more than three decades, passed away at the age of 76.

Murphy, a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Pennsylvania”™s Immaculata College, moved to Ridgefield in the late 1970s and began working at Bring N Buy and Bring N Buy, Too, in 1982 as a sales associate. Three years later, she bought  the business from Carol Mattei, the store”™s founder. Murphy”™s daughter, Tina Hassenstein, became a co-owner in 2004.

Located at 590 Danbury Road, Bring ”˜N Buy and Bring N Buy, Too, opened in 1972 and is considered to be Connecticut”™s oldest operating consignment store. The store offers designer women”™s clothing from brands including Gucci, Burberry, Coach, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren, as well as children”™s apparel.