Designer Dress Hire - Volte in Australia, Moss Bros, and Clothing Resale or Rental 485b

August 21, 2022

A new way to make money. You don't have to stop buying clothes. You don't have to sell your favourite outfit. You just have to hire it out.

Australia

A company doing renting out designer labels for individuals in Australia is called Volte.

I wondered how the seller on Volte deals with items which are not returned or come back stained or smelly. The issue of non-returned items, as in many hire businesses, is dealt with by a non-returnable deposit. One seller revealed that she would not ask items to be returned impeccably but would get them steam cleaned and this cost was factored into the price.

She takes items to the post office. If you do this regularly, it becomes routine rather than a chore. The interviewee allows occasional pickups. I would be more inclined to have pickups. However, I can see that if you are out and about with children, or other work or shopping or posting some items, you might find having to be home is restricting.

Impeccable clothes shop in Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex, NW London. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Individual businesses have hired out clothes for a long time. In the UK it is common for men to hire wedding clothes. It used to be the case that a man could have a dinner jacket for special occasions. With a suitable shirt and cuff links. But nowadays shirt styles keep changing and updating. Collars and colours change.

Hire Shops Such As Impeccable

Impeccable in Hatch End has an interesting website with the story of the husband and wife team, Gerry and Karen, and how they started their business. They hire out kilts and outfits for weddings and many other occasions such as Ascot races, awards, school proms and job interviews.

For example, Impeccable in Hatch End sells and hires out menswear. The hired items such as waistcoats are sold off at reduced prices at the end of the season. In 2015 they had waistcoats for ten pounds each.

Moss Bros

Years ago Moss Bros expanded their clothes business from selling men's clothes to hiring them out. Then adding women's clothes. They had what Toastmasters International talks about in their Pathways in a course called Visionary Communication.