Hirestreet: Renting an outfit is the height of fashion
Girl Meets Dress mentioned in the Times, written by Elizabeth Burden. The feature focuses on University balls. Female students looking to hire a ball gown is one of Girl Meets Dress largest categories. We have many offers and discount partnerships with the main university events. So please do get in touch with the organiser of your ball and they can tell you the dress rental code to apply at checkout. Alternatively get in touch with our team! enquiries@girlmeetsdress.com
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“The white-tie balls at Oxford University are famous for their excess: students who have worked hard for the exams let their hair down, quaff champagne and dance until dawn. It was among such glamorous crowds that Isabella West was struck by an idea for a fashion business – started Hirestreet, a dress lending service, after having to swap ball gowns with friends before stylish events at Lady Margaret Hall college. “There were ten dresses among our friends but they always ended up on a different girl,” she said. “One dress worked for ten events.”
The business that she set up last year allows customers to rent an outfit for between 4 and 16 days, at a fifth of the cost of buying it…”