Never Wear It Again: Renting Bridesmaid’s Dresses

Posted By: Christy Bamber

The role of bridesmaid is famous for being a bad gigyou have to spend all this money on an awful dress that you just know you’ll never wear again.

The role of bridesmaid is famous for being a bad gigyou have to spend all this money on an awful dress that you just know you’ll never wear again.

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Why not give these long-suffering gals a break? Let your besties breath a sigh of relief and have them rent a dress from one of these four fabulous companies.

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Union Station (Formerly Little Borrowed Dress)
This website offers nothing but bridesmaid rentals and seems to have the art down to a science. They offer a selection of 18 color choices (and can send you swatches to help make your decision.) There are 10 different styles from which you can choose, so you can select just one or let the ladies pick whatever suits them best. Orders must be made at least three months in advance, and the rental cost includes a free back-up size for each attendant.

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Vow to Be Chic
If you want your bridesmaids rocking designer dresses, this is the site for you. Here’s how it works: Choose the dress you want from a selection of looks by designers like Nicole Miller, Tadashi Shoji and more. Once you’ve made your choice, the bridal party will submit their measurements and the site will send each lady two different sizes. She keeps the one with the best fit until the day of the wedding and ships back the other in the prepaid packaging.

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Weddington Way
Head to this site for a more interactive approach to dress renting. Brides browse the site’s vast collection of gowns by color, style, designer, season, theme and even body shape (hats off to whoever thought of that idea!) Once she’s picked a few favorites, she creates a showroom to highlight those top picks. The bridesmaids then weigh in on the options and help make the selection process a bit more democratic.

Rent the Runway
All the things you already love about RTR still standnow just apply them to bridal party gear. There are a few differenceswhen renting a bridesmaid’s dress you get to choose between a typical four-day rental or opt for an eight-day window insteadbut, other than that, it’s the same rental model as always.

If your ladies live in range of one of the five brick-and-mortar stores (Chicago, D.C., Las Vegas and two in NYC) they can even try on their dresses before selecting the size they wish to rent. What could be better?

“And the best part is… you can shorten it and wear it again” (Katherine Heigl, 27 Dresses). Let’s be honest, the truth of the matter is, they probably won’t! So grab your girls and head on over to one of these rental shops. I promise, you won’t regret it!

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