Sequin dress, £430, Needle & Thread; Amira dress, £390, Stine Goya;Self-Portrait crystal embellished dress, £400, Net-a-PorterIt's all well and good falling for a slinky deep purple Oscars-worthy gown complete with a small train and corset bodice, but how much wear will you actually get out of a dress like that?
Even if it comes in at the £500 mark, wearing it twice still means quite an expensive cost-per-wear amount.If you're keen on a designer name and a three or four digit price tag to match, it could be worth looking into luxury renting services, like Rotaro, which has a selection of stunning dresses from the likes of Reformation and Materiel Tbilisi available to hire from as little as £39.
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