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Dolores Gonzales (Dolores Consuelo Barcelo) was born on 6 June, 1907 in Sonora, Mexico, is a Mexican-American fashion designer (1907-1994). Discover Dolores Gonzales's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Dolores Consuelo Barcelo
Occupation N/A
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 6 June, 1907
Birthday 6 June
Birthplace Sonora, Mexico
Date of death 1 July, 1994
Died Place California, U.S.
Nationality Mexico

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Dolores Gonzales Net Worth

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1907

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.

Born Dolores Consuelo Barcelo in the northern Mexican state of Sonora on June 6, 1907, to Father Helberto Barcelo and Mother Beatrice Barcelo.

1911

She immigrated to Douglas, Arizona with her family in 1911 fleeing the civil unrest created by the Mexican Revolution.

1920

She moved to Los Angeles in 1920 and began working at Phiffer's, where she assisted the designers in selecting colors, trimmings and fabrics.

She worked there for 17 years,.

1929

In 1929, she married Leo Gonzales.

1938

The Gonzales family moved to Tucson in 1938.

Gonzales' sister, Maria, opened her own dress shop, called Irene Page.

Although Irene Page made ladies' ready-to-wear at first, Maria Gonzales began to experiment with the style of broomstick skirts.

Gonzales and her brother Richard Barcelo brought Irene Page after World War II when Maria married and moved out of state.

1941

In 1941, the store began to make their own dresses and it was also renamed the Dolores Shop.

All of Gonzales's dresses were made in a converted house – factory on West Council Street.

1954

In 1954, the Arizona Daily Star reported that Gonzales' factory created 60 dresses a day.

1956

In 1956, a Los Angeles Times Reporter dubbed her "The Dior of the Desert."

Major department stores sent buyers to the Dolores Shop to purchase dresses that sold for $100 to $300 ($ to $ in dollars).

J.C. Penney wanted to sell her dressing in their stores, but Gonzales refused.

Famous individuals, such as Mamie Eisenhower, Pat Nixon and Cyd Charisse were known to have bought Gonzales' dresses.

1962

In 1962, Barcelo convinced Gonzales to close her shop, seeing an end to the trend in fiesta dresses.

According to Dolores's Son Lee Gondolas, the store, called the Dolores Shop received orders from all over the world.

Dolores also had market outlets in Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis and New York.

1994

Gonzales died in July 1994 in California.