After perusing Rent the Runway for the last year or so, I finally decided to give it a whirl for a wedding that we were attending this past weekend. If you read this post, you saw that from their collection I had tons of super cute options. Deciding was much harder than I thought - thanks to everyone that gave me their input! The dress I chose was:
A couple of great things about Rent the Runway are that there are tons of reviews from previous renters listed with each dress. They cite if it runs true to size, what type of occassion they rented it for, any problems with the dress, etc:
With each rental, you get to pick one primary size, then an alternate size. This was SUCH a reassurance! With designer dresses, I always assume I need to go up a size, so I liked having the option to not get stuck with a dress that is too big or too small.
My dresses arrived on Friday (important note: UPS does not require you to sign for them, so you don't have to hang around and wait for them to arrive) and were in a garment bag in a box. There was not much wrinkling, though some. sidenote: This is where I realized that I should get a steamer. The dress is gorgeous, really really gorgeous, and fit perfectly! This one ran true to size, so I was glad that I was able to order multiple sizes, since I might have assumed I should just order a size up.
My only nit-pick with the dress is that the boning was starting to come through on the inside. This could not be seen from the outside.
I got sooooo many compliments on the dress, I will definitely rent again! The retail on this particular dress is $365, which I could never imagine spending on a dress that I was only going to wear one time. With shipping, insurance, and a discount code, I paid a little over $50. Money well spent!
Today I popped my dresses back in the mail on my way into work. Completely easy - the return packaging came with the dress and is already pre-paid by RTR and ready to go.
Now, for the real life pictures:
Ignore the wrinkling on the skirt - that came from sitting in the car for over an hour to get to the wedding location.
Would I rent from Rent the Runway again? Definitely! Would I recommended it to my friends? Already have! I give RTR:
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I was not asked or compensated by Rent the Runway to do this review. If you would like to help a sister out to get some rental credit love, use the links I have provided as they are 'invite friends, get credit' links. Even if I didn't get the credits, I would still absolutely recommend renting.
