Sustainable fashion. Full circle.

The Revive Way

At Revive, we believe great fashion deserves a second chance. Every year, millions of returned or overstocked garments are deemed unsellable and quietly destroyed — even though they are in near-perfect condition. Revive gives that inventory a second chance, offering customers an opportunity to purchase inventory that is not available on other digital platforms. 

We partner directly with brands to rescue flawed, returned, and excess items — often with nothing more than a missing tag, stray thread, or wrinkle — and expertly restore them through cleaning, light repair, and our proprietary tech-enabled refurbishment processes. Then, we resell them to conscious shoppers like you.

Our model reduces waste, saves brands money, and makes it easier for consumers to shop sustainably. Every piece you buy diverts waste from landfills and lowers fashion’s carbon footprint.

How It Works

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Revive steps in where traditional retail ends — giving a second life to items that might otherwise sit idle or be cleared from inventory.

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Our tech-powered platform identifies damage type, location, and resale potential in minutes.

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We repair, refresh, and revive each item based on data-backed decisions.

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You shop premium fashion — revived for real life.

Our Impact

We’re proud to be a Certified B Corp — but we know real impact is about action, not just credentials.

In 2024 alone, we:

Rescued over 400,000 garments from waste

Diverted nearly 500,000 lbs of material from landfills

Avoided 3 million kg of CO₂ emissions

Fashion doesn’t need to be perfect to have value. By buying revived, you’re reducing fashion’s footprint — and showing the industry there’s a better way forward.

A Note From Our Founder

I started my first company, Hemster, in 2017 to make tailoring more accessible — but it was the years that followed that truly shaped my path. Like many, our business came to a halt during the pandemic. But in that pause, I saw something bigger: a chance to solve a problem I had ignored for too long.

Fashion returns are a black hole — full of perfectly good products that get tossed for small imperfections. I watched it happen firsthand in stores. Items were “damaged out” not because they were unusable, but because systems made it easier to discard than to rethink.

Revive was born from that frustration — and a belief that we could do better. Today, we help brands recover lost revenue by giving these garments a second life, and we help shoppers make more responsible choices without sacrificing quality.

My journey hasn’t been linear. I’ve faced setbacks, pivots, and plenty of raised eyebrows. But I believe that when you’re building something necessary, you keep going. And I believe the future of fashion depends on us all doing just that — rethinking what we throw away, and reimagining what’s possible.

Thank you for being part of this mission.

Allison Lee
Allison Lee
Founder & CEO of Revive