Juanita Morris opened Fashions R Boutique, a clothing boutique and alterations business, in 1988. She operated at 9844 West Florissant Road in Dellwood for 11 years until rioters looted and burned her business on November 24, 2014. The unrest followed the announcement that a grand jury did not indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., in Ferguson, Missouri. The boutique’s building was destroyed along with its contents. Morris remembered the violence that erupted along West Florissant Road in August following the Michael Brown, Jr., shooting. Before leaving her store early on November 14th, Morris took a video of her inventory, copied important files onto a flash drive, and removed invoices from the store. Dedicated customers, an online funding campaign, and a Jennings middle school class all assisted in meeting financial gaps left by insurance. With preparedness and determination, Morris reopened the boutique temporarily in a Ferguson shopping center approximately two months after her store burned. In October 2015, Morris reopened her boutique at 11833 New Halls Ferry Road in Florissant. The Fashions R Boutique website explained that it is the “largest black-owned and operated boutique in the St. Louis - East St. Louis area.”