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Published May 06, 2008 08:57 am - MIAMI, Okla. — After providing women with dresses, jewelry and handbags for the past 43 years, Jeannie’s Dress Shop is closing its doors.
Longtime Miami landmark store closing doors after 43 years
By Debbie Robinson
news@joplinglobe.com
MIAMI, Okla. — After providing women with dresses, jewelry and handbags for the past 43 years, Jeannie’s Dress Shop is closing its doors.
Owner Bonnie Day said no date has been set, but the doors will close after inventory is depleted.
The building at 23 S. Main St. was constructed by Day’s late husband, Howard.
“We lived in Pryor at the time, but my husband said, ‘Let’s go to Miami, where there are a lot of stores,’” she said.
A stroll through the store reveals antiques, a toy high chair and a cradle on a shelf above racks of slacks. On the counter sits a ceramic woman dressed in finery holding a 50-year-old red pincushion with straight pins.
Through the years, Day said, five family members have owned area clothing shops. After Jeannie’s closes, a nephew’s shop will be the lone survivor.
Jeannie’s Dress Shop had an unusual opening.
It was during the annual Sidewalk Days in downtown Miami, and Day and her husband were stocking inventory.
“I’ll never forget. I was folding sweaters back there, and people starting coming in wanting to buy,” Day said. “We didn’t have our cash register yet, so we made change from a box.”
Gunnysack dresses made of burlap or feed sacks were popular, as were full-skirt dresses, she said.
The shop is named after Day’s daughter, Jeannie Mackey, who also works in the store.
Prom dresses have remained one of the popular items over the years. Dresses have been a mainstay of the store, and customers are finding it difficult to find them anymore, Day said.
“When I first went into business, everybody wore dresses,” she said.
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