About

Codetta is for people who get it.

For people who know a good garment is more than a good deal, but who also don't have three hours to dig through a bin. And get the ick doing it. (Which is fair. I've found a dirty diaper in the bins. Some things can't be unseen.)

You want the good stuff. The piece nobody else clocked. And you want it without giving up your Saturday or your standards.

So I do the digging.

Not everyone can, and that's the honest reason this shop exists. I've got the time, the transportation, the nervous system that can handle a three-hour bin dive under fluorescent lights. Not everyone does. Maybe the charity shop near you is picked over. Maybe shopping online is the only way that works for your body, or your brain, or your week. Maybe trying things on in a store isn't something that's ever felt safe or simple.

The finds shouldn't only belong to whoever has the time and the ease to hunt for them. So I hunt, and I bring the good stuff to you. Hand-picked, in excellent condition, ready when you are.

But sourcing is the easy part. The real work is in what a garment carries. Where it came from, and I mean actually: the fiber, the construction, the brand's story, the decade, the palette and what those colors were doing at the time. A dress isn't just a dress. It's a set of decisions somebody made, in a specific place, for a specific body, at a specific moment. Most of those decisions are invisible until someone points at them.

That's the part I can't stop thinking about. Who made this. Who it was made for. Who gets called elegant and who gets called costume. Who decides which stories are worth telling.l, and who gets to stand in front of the rack and call something beautiful.

Codetta is a shop for the people already asking those questions. Or the people who didn't know they wanted to, until the tag told them something they didn't expect.

Every month, the collection is built around a theme — identity, power, softness, visibility — told through the clothes themselves. Not a lecture. An invitation.

You still get the thrill. The add to cart, the score, the thing that feels like it was waiting for you. Just secondhand, in great shape, and honest about what it's saying.

 

The person behind it

I'm Meredith. I compost religiously. I grow vegetables in my backyard. I save every glass jar that passes through my kitchen. And just recently I sewed new fabric over a stained decorative pillow that I’ve owned since 2015.
I care about waste. I care about the planet. I know it matters, and I want to live like it.

The hardest thing to give up was buying clothes online (still working on that tbh).
It’s not even fast fashion. I just like clothes. When I moved to Oregon, I owned over 100 shirts. Just shirts. We will not be discussing the rest of my closet for legal reasons.

The dopamine rush from that little vibration my phone makes when I hit add to cart and the thrill of a clearance sale is so, so juicy. Getting to brag that I got 12 things for $100 at 70% off? Shivers.

I’ve cut down a lot, and honestly? It feels so much better to have a closet that really reflects who I am, not just whatever happened to be on sale. And l’ve been shopping secondhand a lot more too.

That’s why I started Codetta Thrift. I built the thing I needed for myself: a way to cut down the waste without losing any of the joy.