The Collective’s Kristin Silvestri joins 103 women profiled in “Women in Power”

Kristin Silvestri of The Collective Park City is stepping into the spotlight in Women In Power, highlighting a journey rooted in fashion, resilience and community connection. Photo: Kristin Silvestri

PARK CITY, Utah — Kristin Silvestri, owner of The Collective Park City on Main Street, is featured in “Women in Power,” a business-focused docuseries from the Inside Success network that spotlights female entrepreneurs, CEOs, and industry leaders. The series is currently streaming on Inside Success TV.

Silvestri, a Park City native, applied for the project last spring and went through multiple rounds of interviews before being selected. Her episode centers on her personal and professional path — from a high-level soccer career and years in Los Angeles fashion to returning home and building a business in the community where she grew up.

“It’s truly sharing stories of real people,” Silvestri said. “Hopefully inspiring other people and other women to really go after what they want.”

For Silvestri, the series’ focus on resilience and leadership aligned with both her own career and the ethos she tries to cultivate at The Collective, a lifestyle boutique at 675 Main St. The store reflects Park City’s mountain identity while offering fashion, gifts, home goods, and other curated items.

Her path into business was anything but linear. She grew up in Park City after her family moved there in the late 1980s, played college and professional soccer, then moved to Los Angeles to work across the fashion industry — eventually launching her own clothing line and earning two invitations to show at New York Fashion Week. When she returned to Park City about 11 years ago, she partnered with Kathy Pederson, longtime owner of Dolly’s Bookstore, and Katherine Quinlan, owner of Joli, to launch The Collective. She bought out her co-founders three and a half years ago.

Her years in competitive athletics, she said, shaped how she thinks about business ownership and leadership. Increasingly, that means replacing competition with collaboration — particularly among women-owned businesses on Main Street.

“You can throw a rock and hit four Olympians every day in this town, but there’s still an element of fashion we bring to the table,” she said. “People seek us out because they know they’re going to find something unique.”

That collaborative philosophy took concrete form in Fashion’s First Friday, a recurring shopping event that brings together 11 women-owned boutiques on the first Friday of each month from 4 to 7 p.m. Since its 2024 launch, the event has grown through shared promotion, giveaways, and in-store programming.

“We are more powerful in numbers,” Silvestri said.

Beyond retail, one of the most meaningful parts of her work, she said, has been a partnership with Park City High School’s special education program. Each year, students gain hands-on job experience at the store, building skills in time management and workplace communication. The partnership is personal — Silvestri’s nephew has special needs.

“It’s not just selling stuff,” she said. “It’s also to empower our students who are coming down the line, regardless of their ability.”

The Collective will host a public viewing party for Silvestri’s episode on Wednesday, April 1. Guests are welcome beginning at 6:30 p.m.; the screening is expected to start at 7 p.m. No RSVP is required.

“Women in Power” is now streaming on insidesuccesstv.com.