Nobody’s child rental scheme

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This is genius! I’ve just booked to rent a dress I was going to buy for £110 (and would probably wear at most a handful of times to events), for £25 for 5 days. And I did the try before you buy thing to try it out last week so I know it’s what I want and In which size-which was very easy as they send all the packing to return it all.
I think this is genius! I wish more places did this. Better for the environment and everyone’s pocket!
Anyway just wanted to alert people who may be looking for dresses for events etc that this exists. They even have some bridal
looking bits on there for more casual brides (I deffo would have done this when I got married had I thought of it).

I’ll check it out. Thanks.

As an aside, I’ve no idea why bridal dresses aren’t rental to be honest. Mine has sat in the loft for nearly 25 years and I can’t breathe in it because of boobs lol.

I would definitely rent dresses and think it’s a great idea but wouldn’t bother for that price. You say you’d wear it a handful of times but then it’s paid for. £500 dress then yes, but not £110. Most Nobody’s Child dresses are very wearable day to day.

I'm too sloppy an eater for this kind of thing 😂

I agree with the PP about the £110 dress making this a bit of a grey area on whether to bother. However, I think I'd be too afraid to rent a £500 dress for fear something went wrong and I'd be on the hook for it. At least with a £110 dress, if I spill something, it's not the end of the world and if it all goes great, I've worn a lovely dress at a bargain price.

The key thing is that it sounds like a simple process to participate in. I always expected that the rental schemes would require deposits and a lot of faff. The fact it sounds easy makes it something I'd look into.

I got mine made into a cushion! It wouldn't work with all styles - mine was heavily beaded so absolutely perfect for its new reincarnation.

This is brilliant. Thank you OP.
I wonder which other companies do this?

Other options:

Hurr Street (not used).
Girl Meet Dress - have used for a black tie dress and worked very well

It comes with Insurance (free) so if you spill on it then it’s fine.
I mean I say I’d wear it a handful of times. Probably not in this case as it’s for a wedding and I don’t know where else I’d wear it except on holiday potentially-but we are probably not going abroad until October so maybe not even then really. I’ve got so many dresses I’ve bought for weddings/evening events that I’ve worn maybe twice that even at £100 it makes it over expensive (for me anyway).
I’ve also rented from dress agency websites but this is the first time I’ve seen it from a high st type store.

It was certainly easy to do too-all by post so no faffing picking up etc.

I wondered why nobody wanted to rent a child? I think I need some sleep.