So I loved the idea of picking a unifying theme (“black” or “sparkles”) and letting your ladies pick their dresses.
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Short version of the story: picking bridesmaids outfits is often just sort of awful. (Is that too much to ask? Yes, yes it is.) It’s equally hellish as a bridesmaid, because you want to wear something that your person is going to love, and you also don’t want to spend a fortune, and it is so, so, confusing. There is a constant tug of war between wanting to be the laid back bride who’s like, “Oh, wear whatever you want,” but also wanting to be the laid back bride who’s ladies show up in flawlessly mismatched super chic outfits, just on accident. As someone who did it, I can attest that it’s painful. (Though, hint, they have a bridesmaid section, but I’d skip it.) We all know the hell that is picking matching bridesmaid dresses, but we don’t often discuss the hell that is mismatched bridesmaid dresses. Where I really got to thinking was how kick ass RTR would be for bridesmaid dresses, particularly mismatched bridesmaid dresses. I really really don’t need any more party dresses (not that anything will stop me, but I could use some slowing). Because hand to God, I have a collapsible wardrobe thing in the basement, just for my sparkly and vintage dresses. That in short, it was going to be my go-to solution for weddings where I was a guest or fancy parties, where I didn’t have anything to wear. What I didn’t realize is that while you can, for sure, rent really amazing designer dresses, you can also order really affordable ones (think, $30 rental), that are probably nicer than anything you’d buy (think $600 dress). Like, I figured it was just a service to rent expensive designer dresses to show off, and that’s just not particularly my bag. I hate to complain about there being too many options, but there were almost too many options.īefore I used the service, in my mind, Rent the Runway was more rent the RUNWAY. And, I spent hours lost on the website trying to figure out what I wanted. Nothing that wasn’t totally reasonable for a dress rental service, and nothing that bothered me. The packaging was cute, the dresses were cute, and it was overall a win. On the downside, the dresses showed a little bit of wear. I didn’t have another choice, but my shipping was the same price as my rental.) They delivered two dresses in two different sizes (so if I didn’t fit into what I thought I would fit into, I was still covered.) I had a choice between the four-day and the eight-day rental, which was nice. Here is how it went: I picked a dress, and paid for rush shipping.
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We’ve written about Rent the Runway before (you can see our wedding dress RTR roundup back here), but I’d never used the service. Two months ago, when I went to LA to see the Emmy red carpet, I used Rent the Runway for the first time.
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Our apologies that these models look so sad. Top Photo: Left: Domino Dress, by Badgley Mischka ($65) Right: Catch The Wind Dress, by Trina Turk ($60–$70).