Fashion Career Mentor: Advice from Vogue & The RealReal [From the Archives]

How do you build a career in fashion and actually get your foot in the door at companies like Vogue and The RealReal? Rachel Glicksberg shares the career advice, networking strategies, and cold email tactics that helped her build a nonlinear career across some of fashion’s biggest names. This is a reposted episode from 2025. Rachel is the Women’s Fashion and New Initiatives Lead at The RealReal, where her role has evolved far beyond the job she was originally hired to do. Before joining The RealReal, she worked across fashion media and editorial, including Lucky Magazine and Vogue Italia, building her career through cold outreach, genuine relationships, and a willingness to follow opportunities even when they didn’t fit a traditional path. Rachel is a mentor at Monday Girl and shares the fashion career advice we all need to hear. We also get into The RealReal, the rise of luxury resale and vintage, developing personal style, supporting emerging designers, and Rachel’s best tips for finding the best pieces on the platform. If you’re trying to break into fashion, pivot within the industry, or create more opportunities in your current role, this episode is packed with practical career advice you can actually use. Follow Fashion & Founders: IG: https://www.instagram.com/fashionandfounders/ Substack: https://fashionandfounders.substack.com/ Website: https://www.fashionandfounders.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fashionandfounders ShopMy: https://shopmy.us/shop/fashionandf