{"id":40681,"date":"2022-05-11T22:06:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T04:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flying-pig-boutique-earns-award-in-dolores\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:57:01","slug":"flying-pig-boutique-earns-award-in-dolores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flying-pig-boutique-earns-award-in-dolores\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Pig Boutique earns award in Dolores"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flying Pig Boutique partners Sandy Lauzon and Debbie Casias were awarded 2021 Business of the Year by the Dolores Chamber of Commerce. (Jim Mimiaga\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The Flying Pig Boutique, a fashionable clothing consignment store in Dolores, was awarded the 2021 Business of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce during its annual banquet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey help the community find a new wardrobe at reasonable prices,\u201d said Chamber Director Susan Lisak. \u201cThey have kept their doors open during complicated times and are the hardest-working gals I know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The store has been a Dolores mainstay for more than 30 years, said co-owner Sandy Lauzon, and plans to be around for many more years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored and eager to continue providing the best quality consigned inventory,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re not a thrift store, so it\u2019s a choosy process on what we sell based on style, top condition and higher-end quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauzon runs the store at 200 North Fourth Street with partners Debbie Casias and Diane Dorfer, along with employee Debbie Berger and volunteer Melissa Prentice.<\/p>\n

It specializes in women\u2019s apparel but also offers a men\u2019s line. If items don\u2019t sell in a certain amount of time, they are bumped to the discount area popular with customers. The store has had numerous locations over the years, and has stayed loyal to Dolores.<\/p>\n

Selling merchandise on consignment is important for the store because it provides an economic opportunity for women to earn money, Lauzon said. Plus, staff members get access to the best designs for their own wardrobe.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like dressing in style and looking nice,\u201d Lauzon said. \u201cThe camaraderie and friendship of all the women who have come through has been wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the consortium of local businesses known as the Fourth Street Girls, The Flying Pig takes pride in giving customers a quality choice to shop in Dolores.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome visit our corner and skip the big-box stores,\u201d Lauzon said.<\/p>\n

The Flying Pig was the genesis of the late Evie Bardeen, a well-loved fashion diva who created the consignment emporium with family and friends to make a living, but also as a community gathering place.<\/p>\n

The prophetic backstory is when she told friends and family about moving out West from New York to start a consignment clothing store they responded \u201cSure, when pigs fly!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPigs have been flying over Dolores now for 32 years,\u201d Lauzon said to applause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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