Fashion has always been a running theme in my life. From wearing vintage hand-me-downs, to raiding my friends' parent's closets, I have always had a love of clothing and the way it makes me feel. You truly can be anyone you want with a quick outfit change. Clothing lets you express yourself in so many ways, and for me, it brings out a fun, whimsical side of myself. I never take life too seriously, so one could say that my style echos this philosophy. As long as you feel good, you look good!

So how did RetMod® come about? Well, one day, I woke up in the middle of the night and had an epiphany that I wanted the domain name of RetMod.com. I didn't know what I would use it for, but I knew I absolutely 100% needed it. Years went by and I did nothing with the name.. I fooled around with ideas, maybe a fashion blog? But ended up just sitting on the name for a while. Finally, after immense pressure from friends, I decided I would start to share my hoarded vintage clothing collection. You see, I had accumulated a lot of vintage clothing in all sizes, just because I loved it so much, and I would let my friends borrow it, or give it as gifts. I had friends that sold vintage, but I never considered it, because I wanted to keep it all!

And then that day came. One day, I looked around me and realized that I had so much vintage, that there was no way I could keep it all for myself. I was driving my husband crazy, walking through bins and racks of clothing everywhere, and it was just pure vintage insanity! I jumped online and started posting some of my beloved pieces. It was just common sense to connect my domain, RetMod.com, with this. Funny enough, my main style of vintage clothing I had collected was mod clothing, so it just matched up perfectly. You will actually see an underlining theme of the mod movement in pretty much everything I do on RetMod.com.

As time went on, I learned to absolutely love sending off my vintage finds to a loving home. In fact, it is immensely satisfying and even better than keeping it all for myself. I have learned to enjoy photographing the piece to document it, then letting it go, off into the world, for another to enjoy!

Years later, I am now able to run RetMod® as my full-time job, and I couldn't be more ecstatic and fulfilled. Every day is a joy to me, my job is to revitalize beautiful vintage pieces, my job is to show how you can have fun with fashion, my job is to shop for YOU, and mostly, my job is to contribute to doing good in the world by recycling clothing.

Thank you to all that have, and will, purchase from RetMod®. Your purchase is extremely appreciated and makes a difference to me, and to the world.

xoxo Jill