Renttherunway.com - Netflix for dresses

I don't get how they get around the fit issue.<p>Whenever I've been dragged dress shopping, I've never seen a girl try less than a dozen dresses before finding one that she thinks accentuates the right things, hangs right, etc.<p>I would never rent a suit online - I'd rather get a bad suit that was tailored/fit well than the best suit with a poor fit.

Something like this seems like it could learn something from fast food--keep the cost of dresses low to attract a broad audience and upsell on all the accessories. I know several of my friends who pick up those supermarket magazines to get their latest celebrity fashion (news?) and gossip whatever, and if there was an ad right next to those pictures "Rent this outfit right now on RTR"...that would be killer.

Seems like a great idea, especially since a lot of higher-end dresses that are worn for special occasions are typically only worn a couple times.<p>Their average rental period is ~4 days for approximately 10% of retail price, and they send 2 sizes to you (which somewhat resolves the fit issue).<p>Small technical gripe: The images on their website are ~300kb and take way too long to load. They don't seem to have a technical person on the founding team, but I'm sure they will work such issues out as they get more popular.

Student person- I need this. That is all. You need to look good for certain things in life. I would be renting like mad because after a while, you know your size range....

This is HN<p>Once you own a pair of jeans, a black T shirt and either Tevas or hiking boots (depending on which coast) you are pretty much set.

WearTodayGoneTomorrow.com has been doing this for almost a year! WTGT loans nationally at 5 – 10% retail values, has had amazing reviews from Teen Vogue, People, InStyle, The Today Show and many more. Items arrive in 2 – 3 days, and they carry over 125 of the top designers including 3.1 Phillip Lim, Herve Leger, Matthew Williamson and more. They’re amazing!

I showed this to my wife. She tried to sign up, and is now on a "membership waiting list". Not good.

I actually saw the site on my wife's screen a couple days ago. A lot of her friends were commenting about it in facebook.<p>While it's a cool concept, I can't see it being more than a novelty long-term. Dresses like that aren't worn every day.

I've heard the Rent the Runway team is looking for a full time drupal developer in NYC. contact me if interested - phil at kartme.com