Project ReWear - Kimberly Lau and Linda Young

Today’s guests are Kimberly Lau and Linda Young, co-founders of Project ReWear, a sustainable kids’ clothing brand proving that profitability and purpose can go hand in hand.

Kim spent 24 years in wealth management. Linda built her career in fashion retail and thrifting. Coming from different industries, they joined forces to fix what fast fashion broke. Together, they saw bins overflowing with barely worn clothes and families overwhelmed by the waste, and knew there had to be a better way.

So they started Project ReWear, a mission-first marketplace where every item has purpose and every shopper helps drive change. They are not here to sell hangers. They are here to shift habits.

Today, Project ReWear is a thriving preloved children’s clothing retailer with a boutique in Thousand Oaks, a growing e-commerce presence, and a loyal community of conscious consumers. Through Project Landfill, they rescue high-quality clothing from thrift stores, estate sales, and excess inventory to keep garments in circulation and out of landfills. With their #LAStrong initiative, they are transforming upcycled fashion into wildfire relief, proving business can be a force for good.

In this episode, Kimberly and Linda share how to spot market gaps, balance profitability with purpose, and scale a mission-driven brand in a competitive industry. We talk about the realities of career reinvention, what it takes to run an inventory-based business, and why the future of retail lies in the circular economy.