OUR STORY
Feel Fabulous Everyday
That's our goal, to help you feel fabulous everyday!
All of our stores are so special to us. We hope you will come into one of the stores just to say “hi” and visit. We want to hear about you and what you are looking for. We can help you shop for new additions to your wardrobe and home or pick up a gift for your BFF.
Every item is hand selected by our team just for you!
BEHIND THE BRAND
How It All Started
In 2007, Jean opened the first Gingy’s in Malvern, PA. Jean had been involved in local cooperatives for more than 10 years. It seemed like the right time to open a store of her own with her children going off to college, getting jobs, and her youngest, Betsy, getting her driver’s license. Malvern, where she grew up, is a charming small town and seemed like the perfect place to start.
WHY THE NAME?
Gingy's
{Gingy pronounced gin(as in gin and tonic)-gy}
Gingy was Jean’s nickname when she was growing up. To distinguish from Jean’s Aunt Jean she was Jean G, which said fast is Gingy. Feel free to call Jean “Gingy” if you see her, she loves the nickname!
HAPPINESS IS...
Getting to work with your daughter
From the time she was 3, Betsy loved to tag along with Jean when she went to work on things at the different cooperatives.
The Timeline
THE MALVERN STORE
2007
In 2007, Jean opened the first Gingy’s in Malvern, PA. Jean had been involved in local cooperatives for more than 10 years. It seemed like the right time to open a store of her own with her children going off to college, getting jobs, and her youngest, Betsy, getting her driver’s license. Malvern, where she grew up, is a charming small town and seemed like the perfect place to start.
THE STONE HARBOR STORE
2012
When Jean decided to open the second store in Stone Harbor, NJ in the summer of 2012, Betsy was still in college and spent two summers at the shore helping to make the store what it is today.
(Fun fact: sitting on the beach in summer of 2013 Jean and Betsy decided to create their own line of clothing originally named Jean G Designs.)
THE NEWPORT STORE
2016
In the fall of 2014 Betsy headed to NYC to work for Julie Brown. She loved working there and only left when Jean decided to open a third store in Newport, RI in 2016.
THE WAYNE STORE
Today
Now you can never be quite sure where you will find them: in one of the stores, designing, laughing together or lounging on the beach.
CREATE YOUR OWN STYLE
That's what Jean and Betsy did.
When they started the clothing line they were hoping to design styles that they loved and that their customers would want to wear every day.
Our styles are designed to make you feel great. The Gingy prints are all custom designed – Jean and Betsy draw inspiration from the world around them: the ceilings in the Newport mansions, a family brooch or trivet, seaweed and coquinas on the beach and flowers in the garden.
(Fun fact: Jean did a lot of silk screening in college and even in her home when her first two children were babies.)
We think that when you find a style you love you will want it in multiple prints!