great selections, some of your goto dress designers, such as Nicole
Miller, Badgley Mischka, Calvin Klein
Collection, Vera Wang and Herve
Leger; then some really cutting edge
designers like Roksanda Ilincic, Bibhu
Mohapatra and Prabal Gurung. It’s
great because you can go with
something you would never buy
for yourself, especially with actual
retail prices of the gowns in the
$2-3K range.
Rent the Runway Facts
• Rent the Runway was founded in
2009 by Harvard Business School
classmates Jennifer Hyman (CEO)
and Jennifer Fleiss (Head of Business
Development).
• The brand has quickly grown to
over 5 million members and over 270
designer brands since launching in
November 2009.
• Rent the Runway is funded by
Kleiner Perkins, Bain Capital
Ventures, Highland Capital, American
Express, Advance Publications
(Condé Nast) and Novel TMT
ventures. The company has raised
approximately $54 million to date
in VC funding.
• Today, Rent the Runway employs
over 300 people, and houses an
inventory of over 65,000 designer
dresses and 15,000 accessories in
a 40,000 square foot warehouse
in New Jersey.
• Rent the Runway currently has 3
showrooms, 2 in New York City and
one location in The Cosmopolitan of
Las Vegas.
About Rent the Runway
Rent the Runway is a fashion
company with a technology soul.
Powered by a transformative
business model, proprietary
technology, a unique reverselogistics operation and some of the
smartest people on earth, and thus
in a position to challenge old
systems and rewrite new rules. By
giving people access to remarkable
luxury experiences, it is changing
the meaning of ownership — and
revolutionizing retail in the process.
Holiday Online Order Deadlines
If you live in Manhattan: 12/24 for
Christmas Eve and 12/31 for New
Year’s Eve (they do same-day
delivery within Manhattan).
Anywhere else: 12/23 for Christmas
Eve and 12/30 for New Year’s Eve
(overnight shipping within the US).
Lady in Waiting Gown by Nicole Miller
To learn more about Rent the
Runway, go to
www.renttherunway.com.
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