The Case for Renting Your Clothes

Writer Haley Shapley (left) and her best friend, in complementary faux fur coats.

I recently bagged up 37 dresses, mostly from the mid-2000s, that I’m ready to purge from my wardrobe. There are still many more where those came from. And yet when I stood in front of my closet, trying to find something to wear for an event at which I was speaking, I could find nothing.

It may seem like the math’s not mathing, but the reality is that no one can own every garment they might need in a particular situation. I was searching for something that looked good on stage, that I hadn’t

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