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The RealReal: Innovation, Fashion, and Career Insights from Rachel Glicksberg

The RealReal: Innovation, Fashion, and Career Insights from Rachel Glicksberg

Update: 2025-09-28
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In this episode of Fashion and Founders, Victoria Smith sits down with Rachel Glicksberg, Women’s Fashion & New Initiatives Lead at The RealReal. Rachel shares The RealReal’s designer collaborations and upcycling initiatives, the rise of vintage and archive revivals, and how emerging designers are breaking through. Rachel also shares practical career advice on mentorship, cold outreach, her nonlinear career path, and building roles around your strengths. Rachel is also an advisor for fashion tech startup Isle of Monday and a mentor at Monday Girl.

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The RealReal: Innovation, Fashion, and Career Insights from Rachel Glicksberg

The RealReal: Innovation, Fashion, and Career Insights from Rachel Glicksberg

Victoria Smith