Specialties
"Gently used" clothing for men and women, all sizes. Often you will pay more than you would at K-Mart's, but you'll go home with designer clothes and accessories from Donna Karen, Giorgio Armani, Liz Claiborne, and even the Gap.
We also sell on eBay, Craig's List and our web site: www.nicolesrevival.com. We conduct estate sales and resale fashion shows. The owner Nicole Christ gives input to reporters, authors and schools about the resale industry as well as other resale culture issues.
Nicole is a recognized expert on fashion and on resale shopping. Her shop has been featured in several newspaper and magazine articles and has been on the television program "Company" twice. Clothing from Nicole's Revival has been featured on the "Crook & Chase Show", the "700 Club", New York's "Fox 5 News", "Knowledge TV", and web site www.nicolesrevival.com most recently featured on "LifeTime's" "New Attitudes".
History
Established in 1993.
article from the Observer & Eccentric
"I find a need and fill it. I try to stock clothing that my customers would want. My sales help are people who like people and they have the need to please" said Nicole Christ, owner of Nicole's Revival.
The 1st week Nicole opened her shop only 5 people came in & 4 of them were browsers. "But I still wasn't discouraged," she said.
Newburgh Road in front of her Westland shop was closed down to one lane. Initially she thought it would reopen after a month, but it stayed that way for 4 months. Later, city officials told her to remove her pink fluorescent signs from the streets.
"Perseverance kept me going" Christ said,"I wasn't going to fail.... and I didn't. "On the other hand, there have been good times, too, like meeting Hollywood producers, television and radio celebrities and having their clothes in her shop. After her 1st year in business, she doubled her merchandise, store size and income.
Meet the Business Owner: nicole c.
She opened the business, because she had a love for people and fashion. Christ went to a private business school, attended fashion shows (to include volunteering for Fashion Week in New York City, known as 7th on Sixth) and worked for free at another resale shop to better understand the business.
"I believe everyone is given a dream to pursue," she said. "I was taught early in life to disregard the negative thoughts that come in your mind and ponder on the good ones so I ignored friends and my thoughts of it being too hard, too much responsibility and the lack of large capital and the statistic of businesses failing and just followed my dream of owning my own shop."
When asked what person, in the world today, she admired most, Christ said:"God is more real to me than any real person."