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Fall Style Favorites {3}

in style on 10/19/17

Happy happy Friday friends! Fall finally arrived in Atlanta and I am using every opportunity to wear scarves and puffy vests this week. These perfect crisp fall days truly are the best!

Today I am shifting gears a little for the Fall Style Favorite outfit series with something a little dressier. Because on the rare occasion that this mama has a reason to get dressed up you better believe she takes it! As you know, I recently went up to spend the day with Better Homes & Gardens for their StyleMaker event in NYC… (read the trip recap here)

Yep, that definitely qualified as a reason to go all in I’d say! 

DRESS   |  CLUTCH   |   BOOTS    |   TASSEL EARRINGS  |   WOOD WATCH  |  NAIL POLISH

When Better Homes & Gardens invited me back to their Stylemaker event up in NYC this year I knew I wanted to take the opportunity to have some fun and push my own style a little bit. I mean, I don’t exactly wear lace dresses and over the knee boots to the carpool line. 

DRESS   |  CLUTCH   |   BOOTS    |   TASSEL EARRINGS  |   WOOD WATCH  |  NAIL POLISH

So I went on the hunt for a fun new dress. I wanted a dress I could wear boots with. I also knew I wanted it to be long sleeved. So when I stumbled upon this fun black dress online I was smitten. 

I absolutely fell in love with the dress but I was having a hard time justifying the purchase because if you are like me, you have an entire section of your closet with dresses you have worn one or two times. I was coming up with every event I could think of to wear this to so that I could justify the purchase but at the end of the day it was still a stretch.

Enter Rent the Runway. 

I had vaguely heard of this service but had never really looked into it. Imagine my complete giddiness when I found this exact dress I was pining over offered on their site. 

Buy the Dress    |    Rent the Dress 

Since I had never used Rent the Runway, I was a bit skeptical. What if it didn’t fit? What if it didn’t show up in time? Is it really worth renting a dress to only wear one time? 

Well the answer is YES! 

You can wear the dress one time and not feel guilty about it hanging in your closet forever! I was able to rent this dress for a total of $42.07 which is a fraction of the cost of the dress. 

Buy the Dress    |    Rent the Dress 

So how does it work? 

  • I “rented” the dress for 4 days. (there is also an 8 day rental available) So for me, it arrived on Tuesday (I left for NYC on Wednesday)- and I had to drop it with the front desk at the hotel on Friday to mail back to Rent the Runway. This was actually a win for me because it freed up space in my suitcase for the StyleMaker swag bag. #winwin
  • They offer dresses, tops, pants, skirts, purses, accessories- really anything you would need for a super cute outfit! 
  • They send two sizes so you can be sure one will fit. (I ordered a 6 and an 8- the 6 fit but the 8 won) There are also lots of reviews from people that have previously rented on sizing which is super helpful. 
  • They offer a second rental at a major discount so if you wanted something for a wedding weekend this would be perfect for a rehearsal dinner on Friday and a wedding on Saturday. I could also see doing this for a big girls weekend too!
  • The dresses arrived in a heavy duty garment bag and you just drop them right back in the same bag to ship back. There is a pre-printed shipping label included. Seriously- it was so incredibly painless! 

This is not a sponsored post but I still wanted to share my little secret I stumbled upon. And yes, I would definitely rent again! If you want to try it out, here is a discount for $30 off your first order. 

Buy the Dress    |    Rent the Dress 

I am already scheming up a reason to rent something again. Somehow I don’t think the Fall Festival at the elementary school will work, but hopefully I’ll have a reason to get dressed up again soon! 🙂

SHOP MY OUTFIT HERE 

While my favorite part of this outfit was the super fun dress- I am completely smitten with this nail polish color for fall. 

xo-

Heather

* A huge thanks to my sweet friend Heather who took these pictures!

 

** I am excited to be a contributor at Apartments.com and myarticle is live about how to turn an office into a “cloffice”- be sure to swing by and check it out: http://www.apartments.com/blog/how-to-turn-closet-into-cloffice

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Comments

  1. Sarah says

    Oct. 19, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    That dress looked SO good on you! I had no idea it was RTR. I’ve been wanting to try them!

    Reply
    • Heather says

      Oct. 20, 2017 at 9:43 am

      I had never tried RTR either! I found the dress at Nordstrom and googled it to see if I could find it cheaper anywhere… and RTR showed up! Woo hoo. I am definitely going to try it again- we need to plan a girls weekend STAT! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Pam says

    Oct. 20, 2017 at 12:45 pm

    Love the dress. I have never tried RTR, but I am going to now. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  3. Marley says

    Oct. 21, 2017 at 8:27 pm

    I had no idea you rented this awesome dress! It looks so cute on you! With your tall boots!
    The whole outfit is amazing and perfect for your NYC weekend!

    Reply
  4. Ivory says

    Oct. 24, 2017 at 9:42 pm

    You are so rockin this outfit. I know it would not look this hot on me, but I think I would be interested in checking out other items. Thank you for highliting this wonderful idea.

    Reply

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