Ever wish you could rent a designer dress for a special occasion? Well now you can—that is, if you live in the UK, although I'm sure it's only a matter of time before something like this opens on this side of the pond.
Girl Meets Dress is the UK's new fashion equivalent of Bag, Borrow or Steal, but instead of borrowing designer bags for a fee, you can rent a designer frock.
Choose from designers such as 3.1 Phillip Lim, Marni and Tibi. Prices start from around £24 for two nights (though most cost more), and you can keep the dress for up to 7 days before you have to say bye-bye and return it.
It's nice to know such a service exists, although I would probably have absolutely no use for it. Whatsoever. Unless, maybe, I was going to make an appearance on Oprah because then, ya know, it would make for an interesting conversation starter as I segued into my budget fashion manifesto.
But what about you? Would you rent a designer dress? (And if you know of a designer dress rental in the U.S., do tell!)
Personally, I probably wouldn't just because I can't think of reason why I'd desperately need a name-brand label on my fancy dress. That's the same reason I wouldn't use the rent-a-bag service. But if in some twisted comedic situation, I found myself pretending to be a rich girl for some reason and then needing to keep up appearances to impress the man of my dreams (or some similar plot line found only in chicklit and romcoms), then yeah, sure. Why not?