Wedding dresses for rental? Ten questions (plus one) to truly understand all the pros and cons

THE dressed from bride for rental They are like fleeting loves: it is forbidden to become attached. Because then they must be returned, the card (of the rental contract) sings, and the penalty does not wait. However, for those who choose to wear one on the magical day of the yes, The wedding clothes for rental also have many advantages, starting with the cost – at all highcompared to the price of card – and from the possibility of not having to worry about all the cure to follow (laundry, darkness and sequins fallen to be reapplied at least for honor of the dress).

Of course, it is always points of view that it is: what is an advantage for a bride could be a disadvantage for another. If in doubt, We answer 10 (+1) questions to formulate a real pros manual on the rental wedding dresses.

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The search for a rental dress also takes time, energy and any tests. It is for this reason that the boutiques invite you to move in time: even the choice among the eligible proposals will be greater, and this is certainly an advantage. Ideally it is possible to book a wedding dress for rent up to six months before the big day. Once the booking is reserved, the dress will remain in the boutique until the date established for delivery.

This depends on boutique boutiques. The timing indicated by most of the ateliers embrace a time span ranging from five to eight days of total rentalincluding that of the wedding. Consequently, it is possible to receive the rented dress about three or five days before the wedding, to try it and make any reversible changes. Some boutiques also offer longer rental periods, which are still established in a writing contract.

Given the speed of the timing (here is the disadvantage), The ideal is to return the bridal clothes for rental no more than two days after the wedding. Note: the contracts provide for criminals, so every day of delay it could be in a not so welcome final surprise. In case of unexpected events, the better to notify the atelier immediately.

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Savings is a fact (definitive advantage!). Taking for example the rates of Drexcode, an online platform dedicated to the rental and sale of pre -Loved garments, renting a wedding dress requires only a third – or even a fifth! – of the real card price. Renting wedding dresses is therefore possible with less than five hundred euros, a cost that often already includes the tailoring hem and washing costs to return.

Unless it is a service provided by a dealer who operates exclusively online, You can go to the boutique and try one or more wedding dresses you want to rent. The test is however regulated by the boutique: it can be free or pay. If it has a cost – which is generally fixed – it is then reduced in the event of the booking of the wedding dress.

Don’t worry, There are platforms that allow the contract for free rental of a second size (which is provided only if available). In any case, the boutiques require the bride’s measurements to deliver the dress with the personalized edges.

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Affirmative answer: Yes, it is possible as long as they are reversible changes (like the edge, for example). However, the good news is also another. The changes are regulated by boutiques in boutique, there will be those who let the bride rely on their own seamstress and there will be those who will take charge of the requests to deliver the already modified dress.

Absolutely not. The cost of the rental always covers washing. Think about the whole boutique, to reduce the return times and to make sure that the dress is restored to its original conditions to then realize the dream of another bride.

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Breath of relief! Rental contracts include the repair of minor damagesand by such we mean those that derive from a use as usual. Some beads or sequins rightly detached, the sluts, small spots to which it is possible to remedy with a washing, unpacked orli. Greater damage, such as tears and any other irreversible disaster (because yes, it would be a disaster) will be rightly charged. And bride charged, bride not quite lucky.

It does not have an additional cost. The return of the rented wedding dress – between a memory and a tear of a must while wrapping it and wicks by greeting it – is covered by the expenses established as per the contract.

In most cases, yes, you can even buy it. With the expiry of the rental contract You can integrate the difference to buy the wedding dress and sealing their love pact forever (with white dress).