Faulkners Square Dance & Western Shop Catalog *Delores of Tucson*Porter* Kansas

Faulkners Square Dance and Western Shop Catalog *Delores of Tucson*Porter*Acme Boots*Jo-Kay*
of Kansas City, Mo. with original envelope
It all started in the 1950’s when
Bud and Mary Faulkner
began teaching square and round dancing lessons! While Bud was the caller, Mary recruited people for the classes.  The
classes were such a success that there was an actual shortage of square
dance apparel in the Kansas City area!   Mary seized the opportunity and started ordering square dance shoes,
petticoats, pantaloons, and dresses which she would sell out of their
house. One day, Bud came home from his full time job, hoping to lay down
for a nap, only to find a group of women at the house shopping away. It was the very next day that Bud found the location at 7914 Wornall
Road to open Kansas City’s first square dance apparel store.  The store prospered and a year later, Margie Benjamin with Benjamin
Stables came in and told Mary that if she would stock boots and jeans
she would send the cowboys that hung around the stables over to the
store to shop.
Thus, Faulkner’s Western Store was launched and for the next
thirty-five years they sold quality clothing, saddlery and tack, and
other horse related supplies. The store was more than just a business
however, it was a place where their children and grandchildren would
learn about the joy of providing quality service to those in their
community.
You see, Bud and Mary’s children were always involved in the
business. Dick, Judy, and Bob were immersed in actual business making
decisions at a very young age. Bob and Dick ordered the merchandise for
the saddlery and tack departments. Bob also ordered and ran the hat
department, where he even became an expert in custom hat shaping and
could put on quite the show. Judy was in charge of the ladies apparel
department and ordered “top of the fashion curve” merchandise.
Dolores Consuelo Barcelo Gonzales (June 6, 1907– 1994)
was a Mexican–American fashion designer based in Tucson, Arizona. She is best known for blending Native American and Mexican clothing traditions to create distinctive southwest resort wear dresses known as patio dresses, the fiesta dresses, (also known as the pejorative squaw dress). She founded the company Dolores Resort Wear that manufactured dresses for the American market, selling in upscale department stores across the country. The iconic design was appropriated and copied by other designers throughout the southwest becoming synonymous with mid-twentieth century regionalist fashion of the American Southwest. The dress design became the official dress of the American Square-dancing movement.
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