Call: 214-370-8011, ext 1
Email Favor the Kind: info@favorthekind.com
Email ROAM: info@roamfinegoods.com
]]>As long as we are practicing social distancing, we are allowed to ship and deliver goods. We want to make shopping as easy as possible, so there are many ways to reach us, you choose what suits you! Be sure to check out our new Dallas-area box delivery service, too!
Shop our website! We have a few specials happening right now on our website. First is free shipping over $75, Second, enjoy 20% off fine jewelry. And third, if you're good at math you'll recognize that our sale section is 30% off! Any additional sales will be announced on Instagram and Facebook. Be on the lookout!
Don't forget we offer free gift wrap, just make a note at check-out.
We ship anywhere in the US. We also offer curbside service in Dallas, Houston, and Crested Butte. And if you are local to one of our locations, we'll even deliver it to your door! All you have to do is ask.
Even though we are closed for in-store shopping, we are in the stores daily fulfilling web orders. So, if you want to shop over the phone, we got you. We have a general line that is open 10-7 everyday. 214-370-8011, ext 1.
Or, call the stores directly and we're happy to help:
Shoot us a text anytime at 469-608-9810 and we will help you out, or answer questions!
We're on Instagram all day everyday, so if you DM us, we typically respond right away!
Carley and Johnny get all emails sent to info@favorthekind.com. Shoot us a line!
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To enter: email your sketch or design to houston@favorthekind.com. The subject line should read Mural Contest. Here is what we are looking for:
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, experience some fun styling sessions and you each will receive 20% off a new spring arrival of your choice!
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Well, we've got you covered. We know how hard it can be to find that perfect look where you feel comfortable, yet confident in your style. So, we've put a few outfits together to help you get ready for your friends-giving (or any holiday event for that matter).
We know that games can come with a set of rules - clear bags come to mind. So we have put together a few looks that will exceed all expectations and have you rocking that team spirit!
Sunday Funday, am I right?
Shop the look: Sunday Funday Crew Sweater, Sailor Jean 80s Black, Rhea Woven Booties
Don't mess with Texas folks.
Shop the look: Burnt Orange Don't Mess Tee, Sailor Jean Vicki Blue, Bonarda Snake White, Concierge Bracelet Bantry Orange, Concierge Bracelet Boca, Annie Cognac Clear Bag
Team spirit is the best kind of spirit!
Shop the look: Beat Texas Tee, Westcoast Ankle Kylie Worn, Roam Free Bandana, Rainbow Horn Hoops, Bonarda Snake Black, Clarita Maroon Clear Bag
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Shop this look: Manhattan Blazer, Sailor Jean Vicki Blue, Doors 67 Tour Tee
2. A day planned for sunshine, mimosas, and that oh-so-good breakfast taco. This darling flare overall is perfect for that weekend brunch! Pair it with a bandana and some heeled booties for an elevated look.
Shop this look: Eastcoast Flare Overall, Wester High Neck Top, Cleo Round Tooled Backpack Brown
3. Are you kitten me? This perfect cozy look can take you from shopping the local flea market to a dinner at your bestie's house. Pair it with a comfy sweater and a hat of any color!
Shop this look: Zinnia Bloom Pants, Whistler Knit, Bonarda Snake Black, Zulu Rancher Hat
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We won! And hot damn this was very unexpected! Favor the Kind was recently chosen by the editors of D Magazine to be the 'Best Gift Store' in Dallas. We are honored and humbled to be given this title. Last year we changed our name and meanwhile we worked hard to fine tune our mission: we want to be a store that puts joy in your pocket. Our product selection goes through a rigorous process to make sure most things can tell a story on their own. Whether it's a give-back brand, something responsibly made, hand-crafted, or just super cute, we have the idea of gifting in mind the entire way. We like to find things that make you laugh out loud while you're in the store. That's our FAVORITE sound! We want to be your one-stop-shop where you can buy a baby gift, something for grandpa, a new home gift, a break-up gift, or a newlywed gift. Being a part of your life's celebrations and milestones is the biggest privilege we have, so to get this reward means a lot to us. Thank you, D Magazine, for the props. And thanks to the Kind Babes for your support for the past 12 years, we wouldn't be here without you.
Love,
Favor the Kind
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Our name change is a daily conversation in the stores, and we welcome the inquiries. Some people still can’t help calling us The Gypsy Wagon, even a year later. We totally get it, change is hard!
Since we get asked so often, we’ve launched a campaign called a “What does it mean to Favor the Kind?" We have the answers to your questions, so...bring ‘em!
Over the past year, the rumor mill has been filled with crazy stories of why we changed our name, some completely off-base, and others partly true. No, we weren’t sued or forced to change it! No, we don’t have a new owner!
Here’s the plain truth: we changed our name because we wanted to.
First, The Gypsy Wagon simply didn’t match what we were about. The name implied our boutique was filled with bedazzled jeans and fringe boots. We love a little sparkle and fringe, but those things are far from what we actually offer. Second, the name was culturally insensitive. No matter if you believe a “gypsy” is a free-spirited wanderer, it also can be considered derogatory towards a specific culture. Many people didn’t know that, which has been a big topic over the past year. I researched a lot about it and it finally clicked: you wouldn’t call your store The Indian Post if you weren’t American Indian. It’s the same thing.
We considered dropping “gypsy” to just be The Wagon. That didn’t feel right to me. If you know me, you know I am a go-big-or-go-home kind of gal. Our opportunity was not to do the easy thing, but the big, bold thing. So, we asked ourselves, let’s start from scratch: if we aren’t gypsies, then what are we?
And that was easy to answer: What we are is a store passionate about three big things: 1) cool stuff, 2) you, and 3) cultivating kindness. Our new name comes from the thought that fortune favors the kind. As in, the more you give, the more you get. The fortune we are referring to is joy. We truly measure our success in how we make you feel, not how much you spend.
In the last 11 years of owning a business, there is one nugget of advice which keeps revealing itself - something you hear your whole life, but can only learn with trial and error. Learning it requires taking risks, bouncing off walls, winning, losing, and then starting it all over again. The secret to success, and at times survival, is: stay true to who you are.
Sometimes you have to realize who truly you are by discovering who you aren’t. We feel Favor the Kind explains it all. So, happy first birthday to our new name! We wouldn’t change a thing.
Onward and upward!
Carley Seale
Introducing The Friend Ship – a give-back kid’s store.
My ride or die, Tiffany and I met while working at Harold’s on Campus Corner in Norman, Oklahoma. It was love at first smoke break, and we’ve been BFFs ever since.
Tiffany is the yin to my yang. As we navigate our lives juggling careers, marriages, kids, and church, my heart overflows with appreciation to have a friend who lifts me up through thick and thin, literally.
One life event we have in common is losing our mothers to cancer. Tiffany was 20 when Vicki died of stomach cancer, and I was 34 when I lost my mom, Betty, to pancreatic cancer. We got matching ladybug tattoos after college to symbolize Vicki’s spirit, she is always with us. Never mind that it is drawn in the style of Mary Englebright – it’s the thought that matters!
About a year ago, Tiffany and I were contemplating our purposes in life…just a casual Saturday night conversation over a fat glass of rosé. What could we be doing to better serve, how do we fit more giving into our hectic crazy lives, and how the heck did Betty and Vicki do it all? Those questions became a longer, multi-weekend conversation. We sprinkled in some prayers and dreams, which led us to a big, bold move: we started a charity.
We named our charity The Friend Ship. Our general mission is to help children who can’t help themselves. It’s a cause my mom worked towards my whole life, mostly as a CASA volunteer in Tyler, Texas. Tiffany and I felt called to honor Betty’s vision to benefit kids in need. Our idea is to create a memory that a child will forever cherish. So, funds raised by The Friend Ship will be used to send underprivileged kids to summer camp.
I couldn’t stop thinking about how dang cute The Friend Ship is and how fun it is to embrace this mission with my bestie. If you know me, you know I don’t do anything small or quietly. My team and I have been brewing ideas on how to incorporate more give-back components into our business. We’ve been buying more local, more small batch merchandise. We’ve added over 10 give-back brands to our product mix in the past year. One thought lead to another, then the opportunity slapped me in the face, let’s turn a part of Favor the Kind into its own give-back brand.
Today we are launching a pop-up kid’s store that will give 100% of profits to charity. The pop-up is an amplified version of our kid’s section, with more gifts, more toys, more precious tiny clothes. The pop-up is fittingly called – The Friend Ship.
Between the pop-up and other fundraising, our first goal is to send 5 kids to summer camp in 2019. We will keep you posted on our progress!
The Friend Ship pop-up is now open inside our Houston Heights store and already our first guests oohed-and-aahed at all the right things. The Friend Ship, both the charity and the pop-up, is the first step in a long future of difference-making. Tiffany, my staff, and I feel honored to have a chance to use our friendships and our business to channel something bigger than ourselves.
Thank you for being on this journey with us! Follow along at @shopthefriendship.
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