The dress I got for my birthday was a Mark & James by Badgley Mischka mini silver sequence dress. The first time I saw this dress I knew it was going to be my dress. Since my dress was silver and my favorite color is purple all my accessories were purple as well (shoes, jewelry, my nails and even my clutch had some purple on it) I ordered it two weeks before my party. I had all my purple accessories except for a pair of earrings. Since I was going all out for my birthday I decided to rent them as well. I rented a pair of Gerard Yosca amethyst color earrings. It was the perfect style to match my outfit and I loved how everything came about.
The site allows you to rent the dress for either four or eight days. If you rent the dress for 8 days the rental fee is a little more expensive. Another good thing about renting a dress from RentTheRunway is you're able to receive two dresses. You'll always need a backup just in case the dress ran too big or too small. This is something that's very useful because you won't know how the dress fits you till you try it on. When my dress arrived it came in a black RentTheRunway dress bag which you keep at the end. Also they give you some free goodies. I got a facial cleaner and some very useful fabric tape with my first rental. Along with the dress comes a UPS pak with a shipping label all ready to go when it's time to return the dress.
Then the second time I rented a dress I was attending a wedding at Fox Hollow Country Club in Long Island, NY. The Venue was was nice and of course I'll have a blog about that place later on as well. This time around I rented a long dress and I ended up picking a BCBGMaxazria floral dress. I'm only 4'11" and at first I was worried about the length of the dress. I got the dress in a regular length and was able to wear it with my three inch heels. The dress wasn't too long and the length was perfect. Although most of the reviews on the page stated the dress ran big, when I wore it the dress was snug on me. The whole night I had people tell me that they loved the dress and that was exactly the kind of response I was looking for.
(Side note, on the second rental my free goodies were a new dove body soap and I got small pack of precision tip q-tips, which is very useful when you apply you're own make up. RentTheRunway is always helping us ladies out some useful goodies.)
So there it is... if you've ever wondered about using their services I hope this blog helps you. I absolutely loved it and I think it's the best thing out there. When you're going to an event you'll want the best dresses out there and that's what RentTheRunway gives you. Also just a side note if your dress is due to be sent back on a Sunday, you can drop it off at a UPS location on Monday instead. I found this out the second time I rented the dress. If I had to drop off the dress on a Sunday to UPS I wouldn't have used their service. Another good thing about the site is their customer service responds to you fairly quickly. Although it usually says up to twenty four hours, in my experience it was within the same day.
Happy Renting!!!
