Tisha’s love of perpetuating the value of well-made, beautiful items through resale was sparked early in her life. Raised by an entrepreneurial family with a can-do atmosphere. Her grandparents ran a successful private disposal service in Orange County, California, where she grew up. She attended high school in the Bay Area. And at 19, brimming with unbridled entrepreneurial spirit, moved to New York City to start her career with just $1,500 to her name. She began by modeling, went on to work in hospitality, then real estate, and opened the first Collette store at 28 while raising her first child. Tisha put her family’s business know-how to work and built Collette into a well-known brand.

In addition to brick and mortar and online retail shopping, Collette offers interior design, personal styling, delivery, estate sale management, and white glove consignment service.

Shopping at Collette feels good, because it is! Resale Shopping is 100 percent recycled by definition, and the mainstay of the circular economy movement to reduce waste. The purchase of a single sofa at Collette can save 70 kilograms of CO2 emissions from being released into the environment! In our commitment to the recycling of durable and beautiful goods, anything that remains from estate sales facilitated by Collette is sold or donated to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Finally, each of the Collette stores is a beautiful destination, each carefully curated and designed. The brand’s loyal core following of customers and decorators have come to coin the term “Colletteing” to describe the experience of enjoying Collette store location hopping.

Tisha is a single mom of two children, and describes her home as a revolving family farm, a reflection of her love of animals. There are always several dogs, cats, and chickens running around. She’s even welcomed several nonprofit animal rescue organizations to Collette locations for events over the years.