
Yes, you can afford to wear this dress!
The basement of my parents’ house is a graveyard of dresses from years gone by. Prom dresses, formal dresses, dresses worn to weddings – you name it, and you can find it down there. Seriously, I put Katherine Heigl’s 27 dresses to shame. And the worst part of it all is that these precious and costly dresses only saw the light of day once in their entire existence. They got all prettied up, made their debut, and then got stuffed back in the closet never to be seen again. Honestly, it’s a little heart-breaking.
In this day and age of recession and cutbacks on my wardrobe, I simply can’t afford to keep on living this way. Which is why RentTheRunway.com is saving my life. Their slogan is “Love. Wear. Return.” and one look at their website will have you fashion-orgasming, I promise.
This mail-order service allows women to rent high-end fashions for one-tenth of the retail price. Running from $50 to $200 for a four-night loan, that Diane Von Furstenberg dress you’ve been eyeing will be delivered to your doorstep, in TWO SIZES just in case. After you’ve had your fun, you simply mail it back to the company, and they take care of the dry-cleaning. It’s so effortless I may slip into a fashion coma.
Do you know what this means? Never spending a fortune on a dress you’ll probably wear once before it goes out of style. Always looking better than everyone else at the party because you’re in the latest Christian Siriano design. And finally, the end of outfit-repeating. I’m literally hyperventilating at the thought.
Praise be couture, Rent the Runway is mecca. Now I just need somewhere to go. If only it were acceptable to wear Chanel to a frat party.



Kathryn - Georgia Tech says:
Tue, 10th Nov 200912:54 pm
It’s such a great idea… but there’s a waiting list!
((((
Anonymous says:
Tue, 10th Nov 20091:55 pm
yeah if it wasn’t for the waiting list, it would be great.
jill says:
Tue, 10th Nov 20091:55 pm
WearTodayGoneTomorrow.com has been doing this for almost a year! WTGT loans nationally at 5 �– 10% retail values, has had amazing reviews from Teen Vogue, People, InStyle, The Today Show and many more. Items arrive in 2 �– 3 days, and they carry over 125 of the top designers including 3.1 Phillip Lim, Herve Leger, Matthew Williamson and more. They�’re amazing!
Lauren - University of Michigan says:
Tue, 10th Nov 20093:18 pm
I bet the waiting list was just put in place to see how many people would want to do this before they started buying too many dresses. I’m signing up! I’m sure the waitlist won’t be too long.
Anna says:
Tue, 10th Nov 20093:56 pm
If anyone wants an invitation, just comment on my blog here & I’ll invite you: http://style4me-anna.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-heart-rent-runway.html
Abroughman says:
Tue, 10th Nov 20097:48 pm
you can skip the waiting list if you can get an invite from someone whose already on it. I’ve started using it and it’s amazing but start picking out holding yoru new year’s dresses now because some styles are already sold out!
Sally says:
Fri, 13th Nov 20095:03 pm
There are other companies already doing this. I rented from http://www.ilus-nyc.com and had a good experience. Also you can’t try these on before you rent them? That sucks!
Marty says:
Wed, 2nd Dec 200910:39 am
I would love an invite to this!
Elkie Soto says:
Fri, 8th Jan 20102:34 am
Ditto, on the invite!
Sally says:
Sun, 31st Jan 201010:58 am
Ordered from Rent The Runway and the dress NEVER SHOWED UP!! I had to scramble at the last minute to find something to wear. TOTALLY UNRELIABLE! I called customer service, and they were AWFUL, and said they could ship it to me in a size 8 (I am a size 0), and that was all they could do. BEWARE!!!!!!!
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