The RealReal's President And COO Rati Sahi Levesque Says To Recirculate 1 In 5 Items

It's no secret that secondhand shopping is the way to built a covetable wardrobe. Over the last decade, hunting for archival runway pieces and finding preloved staples has grown significantly as an in-fashion sport. The rise in popularity is likely due to a perfect storm of contributing factors: influential industry voices share their vintage finds and obsessions online, luxury items are more accessible in secondhand markets, and, of course, shopping with environmental impact in mind is just... cool. But for many, shopping vintage was already cool long ago.

The RealReal's President and COO, Rati Sahi Levesque, joined the company in 2011. Before that, she was the owner her secondhand shop, Anica Boutique. "My mom taught me so much about the value of secondhand shopping," she says. It makes sense that she would then spend the next chapter of her career transforming the resale industry. For Rati, her work to raise awareness around the impact of shopping secondhand is personal.

Earlier this week, The RealReal celebrated their Consign Commitment for National Consignment Month, a holiday coined by the company. What's the call to action, exactly? Recirculating 1 in just 5 items in each person's wardrobe would help put fashion to achieve the 1.5-degree pathway laid out by the Paris Climate Accord, so The RealReal is asking customers to do just that. Additionally, they celebrated the launch of a celebrity closet sale. Kate Moss, Julianne Moore, Tessa Thompson, and Ivy Getty are just a few of the starlets who offered up their preloved treasures, encouraging others to do the same.

Below, Rati shares insight on what impact shopping secondhand has on the environment, what she's eyeing from the celebrity closet sale, and what to shop now according to what's hot on The RealReal. More below.