--- title: "Melissa Gorga Gives Details on Her Boutique – Claims She Reminded Joey Gorga that He Was the Hired Help!" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2015/12/14/melissa-gorga-gives-details-on-her-boutique-claims-she-reminded-joey-gorga-that-he-was-the-hired-help/ type: post date: 2015-12-14 modified: 2015-12-14 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2015/12/14/melissa-gorga-gives-details-on-her-boutique-claims-she-reminded-joey-gorga-that-he-was-the-hired-help.md author: "Lydia" --- # Melissa Gorga Gives Details on Her Boutique – Claims She Reminded Joey Gorga that He Was the Hired Help! [![Melissa and Joey](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Melissa-and-Joey1.jpg)](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Melissa-and-Joey1.jpg) Melissa Gorga has officially opened her boutique 'envy' for business! Melissa spoke with [Bravo](https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/melissa-gorga-opens-new-jersey-boutique) about why she decided to get into the fashion retail industry along with what we can expect in her store: *"It just felt like the natural next step to open a store and actually have a physical location where I can put styles together and put brands together that I love and be able sell them to the public. So it's exciting. I'm a small business owner now, which is kind of crazy. Every time I walk up I go, 'This is crazy. I like this.'"* Melissa is keeping business in the family as none other than hubby Joey Gorga did the renovations. Melissa shared: *"Joe built it out for me. He did such a great job building it out. I mean, we literally turned this place around in six weeks. It was an old hair salon and it needed a lot of work - And the way it looks now, it's crazy how we were able to turn it around like this. But I had a vision and my husband listened to me and we got it. You know what? I kept teasing him, 'Listen you're under contract. I need you to get to work and I need it to happen faster.' And he would just roll his eyes at me, and I'm like, 'No, I'm serious... you're being paid as a contractor, now move it!"* Although Joey did the remodeling, according to Melissa it 100% is her taste: *"It definitely has my touch on it. Every single piece in there, I handpicked every brand, every piece. There's nothing in there that I have not picked out myself. I was doing that a lot over the summer. So, I put a lot of time into it and to finally see it all come together is exciting"* Melissa also admitted that owning her own clothing boutique isn't exactly as glamorous as she had envisioned: *"I think it seems like it's going to be like, 'Oh my god, this is glamorous. I'm going to open a store. This is going to be so much fun.' But, literally, I have been sweeping. I've had dust all over me. I was changing air filters in the air conditioning," she said. "There's a lot of unglamorous parts about it, too. It's hard work. It's not all fun and games, but when those boxes come in with clothes piled in them I'm like a kid in a candy store."* Regarding the price range, Melissa shared that the cheapest piece is $50, going upward from there: *"There's something for everyone, that was very important for me and having a price range go from $50 on up was very important to me also. So we were able to achieve both of those things. The styles are so great. It feels good in there."* You can check out some photos of 'envy' below: [![Photo2](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Photo2.png)](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Photo2.png) [![Photo](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Photo.png)](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Photo.png) Do you think Melissa's new business venture will be a success? Do you like Melissa's style? *Follow AllAboutTRH On Instagram** [Here](https://www.instagram.com/rox.jajo)*** *Follow Us On Twitter [Here](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh)* And Like Us On Facebook **[Here](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)**