"Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” - Coco Chanel

Tuesday 19 October 2010

Can you rent happiness?

So some of you might remember the scene from the Sex and the City movie where Carrie's assistant (played by the lovely Jennifer Hudson) confesses that she rents her designer handbags from a website online, much to Carrie's confusion.

The site is Bag Borrow or Steal for those of you interested.

Whilst being a brilliant endorsement for the popular rent-a-bag site which already has a section dedicated to different Sex and the City characters, it also brought to the masses the fact that you could actually rent a designer handbag.

However, more recently there has been the launch of similar websites, this offering designer dresses for rental. Sites such as My Celebrity Dress and Girl Meets Dress offer dresses from multitudes of designers from French Connection and Philip Lim to Hervé Léger and Dolce & Gabanna.

Perusing through Girl Meets Dress I came across this grey bandage stress from Leger's Spring/Summer 2009 line that I had been slightly obsessed with at the time. 8 days rental would set me back £115 - a fraction of the £900 price tag it came with. However, the calculations don't really add up for me to make it worthwhile.

I would certainly consider this option if the dress was something I would never purchase - for example, something that isn't classic and wouldn't last me a lifetime. Something extravagently expensive that I would maybe only wear once - for that sort of item, I think it's something I would consider.

As for the beautiful Leger dress.. I think I would have rather own it for myself, and preferably not a year after its release.

5 comments:

  1. Love that dress

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  2. just wish i had the figure for it!

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  3. Oh I love it too.

    Rebecca, anyone can wear a fabulous dress no matter of their size! :-)

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  4. Sexy dress - looks very good.
    What is your favourite designer? I totally love Missoni!!!

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  5. Gordana - I'd have to say my favourite fashion house of all time would have to be Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld is amazing, and I just love the new Spring Summer collection for 2011!

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