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00:00Everyone so today we are doing a very exciting video. So as you may or may not know, I live in Canada
00:05So when I have the opportunity to go to America
00:07It opens a lot of doors for things that I can try and do that
00:12I can't normally get in Canada now with the channel
00:15I usually don't let the fact that I live in Canada get in my way from reviewing things
00:18I'll send it to a mail forwarder to get it
00:20But there is one thing that I cannot do in Canada and I have wanted to review it for quite some time
00:26I actually started to review it last year January and the video just didn't come to fruition like full circle
00:33So I'm gonna finish it now. And so I want to try
00:38renting clothing for a subscription price a month you get the clothes you wear them and then you send them back and the two
00:44Biggest clothing rental services that I could find only service America. So while I'm here, I'm a test them out
00:50I'm gonna tell you if it's worth it and I have a little bit of insight from when I tried it last year
00:55And let's just say I've got a bone to pick with rent the runway, but we'll get into that later
01:00I can think of a few reasons why renting clothing is a really good idea
01:04If you have been invited to a black tie wedding and you don't want to go out and buy like a $300 dress
01:11Well, you could do the $50 rental rent a beautiful elegant black tie dress
01:17Wear it to the wedding and then ship it back
01:19and then another reason why people like rental services is because it gets you into clothing that maybe you wouldn't normally be able to
01:25Afford so these rental services offer pretty expensive pieces at a discount to be rented if you've been curious about rental clothing
01:32I'm gonna do the deep dive in this video and give you the full scoop. So let's get into it
01:36So the first rental clothing company we're gonna dive into is newly
01:40So, let's see how it works subscribe and rent any six styles every month for $98
01:46What's included fast free shipping plus returns? What's not hidden fees?
01:51You can pause or cancel anytime now
01:53they mention these hidden fees because I think with any
01:56Subscription people are always worried that they're gonna forget to cancel it or they're gonna go to cancel it and it's like really difficult to do
02:03So subscriptions could be fine. It's when they make them impossible to cancel
02:07So yeah, pretty simple one month six items $98. Now. This is in USD
02:13So in Canadian that's gonna be more depending where you are
02:16It might be different and then you can browse the item like there's some pretty fun pieces like this
02:21Dress is a showpiece for Valentine's Day. It would originally retail for
02:28$545 so when you think about it for $98 a month
02:31I get to choose this and five other ones like this. Do I need this in my wardrobe? No, I don't
02:37Do I want to wear it?
02:39Yes, I do part of me kind of wants to rent the most expensive things just to see I want to see what the highest
02:46priced items are
02:48$770 for that. I mean, it's not the worst thing I've ever seen but I wouldn't pay
02:55$770 for it. That's for sure
02:57Another thing I'm curious about is how worn the pieces feel
03:01Hypothetically many people could have worn these pieces before me. So are the pieces gonna be stinky and you can even see
03:10customer reviews, that's so cute
03:13Okay after searching around for I'm not kidding you a few hours here are the items that I've chosen
03:19I wanted to pick things that I actually need that I forgot to pack
03:23So a coat but also cutesy fun things that I think would be interesting to see and visually exciting
03:30So these are all the newly pieces, but let's get into the other rental brand and the next rental clothing company
03:36I want to try is rent the runway
03:38This is the one that I filmed the video on that. I didn't complete last January
03:43I canceled my subscription and it continued charging me for months
03:48It ended up being I think over a thousand dollars Canadian
03:52I remember being so confused because when you follow the steps to cancel the subscriptions, it's very simple
03:58It's literally like cancel it and I just clicked cancel
04:01We're gonna see if that was a one-time thing or if it happens again
04:04So as well as trying to close in this video
04:07I'm also going to cancel both subscriptions and wait till the next billing period so that you can know if it actually did cancel
04:13I'm gonna just do the five items because I'm not here long enough to do two shipments. So I'm just gonna do this
04:19Let's just say we're going somewhere formal. They have a bunch of different dresses as well, and they even do jewelry
04:26I know some people are really into looking good while skiing not one of those people
04:31But like if you were our stuff here, let's build the shipment. Oh my gosh
04:36You know what? We should do letting stylist style me from rented pieces
04:40That's what we got to do next as you can see rent
04:43The runways market is a little bit more elegant pieces. Oh my sweet lord
04:49$1,900 see and if you forget to return that you're buying it. Let's not forget to send this back
04:54I think it's kind of insane that the value is 225, but you could buy it for 45
04:59It's not just a good place to rent. It could be a place to buy
05:02I do think though a hundred dollars a month is pretty steep
05:06I would probably only utilize this when I had a trip coming up or something
05:09Okay, so again, it took me a really long time to look through everything because there's so many options
05:13But here are the pieces I decided to rent from rent the runway
05:17I'm gonna record again when these pieces arrive so we can review them out fresh out of the package. Yes. I'm excited
05:24Hopefully they're good
05:27Now the rent the runway package came super fast
05:30I'm talking like three days the newly one took a little bit longer
05:34I would say about five business days to get here. So both pretty quick. So here is the rent the runway package
05:40so they just put like your mailing slip right in the middle there and then the newly package is
05:46Also fabric and resealable with a zipper, but it's like a different look
05:50Let's start with the rent the runway because they came first
05:53Okay, so this is what it looks like in here it looks like things are on hangers Wow, everything's wrapped in plastic
06:00I'm a little bit bummed that everything's in this thin plastic. I get why they do it
06:05I feel like they dry clean it and then send out but like one of the big things with rent and clothing to me was
06:09Like it's a sustainable way to like refresh your closet. It's a lot of plastic. Oh, wait a second
06:15It says please return this protective bag. So rent the runway can recycle it
06:20Hmm I honestly feel like they don't even need these but I mean, it's obviously protecting from like water or damage
06:25I just don't think it's necessary. Okay, and then inside there's the return address. Okay, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
06:33They offer personal stylist. Don't entice me rent the runway, you know, I love testing every stylist
06:39The first piece is this
06:42Jacket, this is feeling very nice. What brand is this a Paris? I don't know what brand that is
06:48It might be real
06:50Leather it kind of smells leathery
06:5370% polyurethane and 30% recycled polyester and faux fur. Okay, so no, it's not real. It's fooled me
06:59Honestly, this is so nice and warm
07:02I was pretty cold for a while because my Canadian came in and I thought I didn't need a coat here
07:07Turns out Vegas nights are not plus 20. So this will come in handy. This is what it looks like zipped up
07:13I'm loving that the inside is fully fluffed
07:16So it's so nice to have that softest fabric right against my skin like it's all in the arms and everything loving this jacket
07:23I'm like hot as I'm wearing this inside. So that's a good sign. We're at the runway is gonna have to rip these out of my
07:30I'm sure you're curious about these the Barbie pink two-piece set now for anyone who's wondering when you're getting a two-piece set
07:38Because there are like matching pieces available. It does count for two pieces
07:42So you have to get the top and the bottoms or you could just get one or the other separately
07:46I'm excited about it. I love a matching set. I mean look what I'm wearing right now. It's like a nice
07:52Stretchy knit fabric and then it's got these buttons down the side and then the pants are equally stretchy
07:59Honestly, these feel like incredible quality like they feel brand new
08:03See, I'm a little worried about the damage I could do to these pieces wearing them
08:07Especially if I'm eating something chocolate because I don't know what it is about eating chocolate
08:11It gets all over me. It'll be like insane
08:14I'll be eating like a chocolate chip cookie and then I'll walk away and it'll be like on my butt
08:17I don't even know how it happens. Honestly
08:20There's many things about this that I love. I love that. It's long enough. I like this opening slit by the ankle
08:28It's this really stretchy rib and I feel like if it was in like black or white it wouldn't be as exciting
08:34but this fuchsia pink is so
08:38Fun two-piece sets
08:41Seriously have my heart
08:43Something about the monochromatic just makes comfy pieces like this
08:47Feel like you can go out for like a fancy dinner and it's like totally fine and good like I put on a nice bag
08:53Earrings some shoes. I feel very going out worthy. This is very pretty
08:59I'm loving this print right now and it's very soft and this is like what I think rent the runway is
09:05Perfect for and rental clothes in general is if you are going to an event that you don't normally go to and you don't want
09:12To invest the money in a piece
09:18It's giving off like an older vibe
09:25Okay, anyway, I feel like an elegant diva in this we have the waist cinching moment here
09:31The thing that bodycon dresses do where it makes you feel uncomfortable because it's like sucked in and showing every bump
09:36This is the complete opposite. Okay, we've got so many ruches going on. I'm so comfortable in here
09:42I did mention that rent the runway stuff was feeling a little bit more like mature age wise
09:46But I still feel like this one is playful and fun and looks good, but I'm definitely giving elegant, right?
09:52Okay, the final piece from rent the runway is this denim jumpsuit denim jumpsuits have a strong
09:59Place in my heart you like that 70s style look with the flowy legs. These can be so nice
10:05So I'm hoping that this is one of those again, very good quality
10:10No visible stains that I can see thus far. It's looking pretty good
10:14I am obsessed with the way that this fits no gapping right to the floor
10:19I'm not even that tall but for some reason pants are short for me often so to have this fit torso and legs and waist
10:27The woman was too stunned to speak I'm just picturing it with like a turtleneck underneath. Ooh, I
10:34Would love that. I feel like a broken record cuz I'm loving everything
10:39But I'm loving everything
10:41I'm almost forgiving rent the runway for taking an extra thousand dollars from me last year
10:46You're almost forgiven because I don't know whose fault it was
10:49For the jumpsuit and we'll call it even
10:53Next let's see if the newly stuff is as good this honestly opens like a suitcase
10:59There's a little bit more structure to it, which I like also, they're not wrapped in plastic
11:04They're tossed in here and this feels very protective. It feels like it's got like a waterproof
11:09Piece to it. This first piece is a purple almost like looks like crocodile. It definitely isn't crocodile
11:17I don't think anyways, it's a hundred percent polyester. Yeah
11:20I feel like polyester is like that fiber that could just look like anything. This is very cool to me. I love the purple
11:27I like that
11:28You could just wear a very simple outfit and then dress it up and make it a statement with this
11:32I feel like this is the type of piece that you put on and people just think you're stylish
11:35Probably one of the more simple pieces I got is this knit mock neck sweater. It's like a navy purple
11:42I'm having a Britney Spears moment. This jacket is cool
11:47Okay, I don't own do I own a long coat not like this for sure not like this this purple
11:54My mom thinks it's blue
11:55Crocodile print is very cool. And because I'm in Vegas right now
12:00I feel like it's giving very Vegas like I took a very simple jeans and sweater outfit and I feel like I made it
12:07Fashionable. Well, I didn't the jacket made it fashionable
12:10It's like fun enough that I'm excited about it
12:13But it's subdued enough that I'm not gonna be nervous to wear it
12:16I did find one wear and tear if you look inside the pocket. There is a hole in the pocket
12:22Look, I just reached in the pocket and I was able to reach in the coat
12:25Someone smashed their hand into this pocket so fast it ripped a hole in the pocket and it wasn't me
12:30Okay, newly that was not me. Do not charge me for that
12:33See, that's the thing if you wear and tear these like really wreck something
12:37Do you get charged for it? Cuz when you rent an apartment you have to put a damage deposit
12:41Like where's my damage deposit for these it's probably in the fine print somewhere that I can't wreck it not that I was gonna wreck
12:47It I'm just wondering I regret to inform you all that this is a little itchy. It's okay, though
12:53I'm just gonna wear a shirt under it, but I love the print like I I don't have any sweaters this color
12:58Yeah, and here it is untucked
13:01Thank you. I like it. Okay next from newly
13:05I also got a two-piece set same exact story two pieces two slots now
13:11Newly was kind of a better deal because you got more pieces for the same price. And oh my gosh, this is cute
13:17It's from the brand we wore what and it's this perfect
13:22Wallpaper fabric. It also has a very interesting cut
13:25It's like a blazer cut but it has a ruffle sleeve and padded shoulders and a very plunging neckline
13:31It also has matching capri pants and everything smells good. I think they dry clean everything. That's my guess
13:43It's a little low now
13:44I knew that was gonna happen because I read the reviews and a lot of people were wearing like a little cami under here
13:50So I would probably do the same. First of all, this print is a yes a big
13:56Yes, this fabric is a yes the sleeves on the bottom and the legs bowing out like this and this roughly cuteness is a yes
14:04This slight peplum here. This is a very exciting and fun cut. What do you think mom?
14:09I like it too. This is another see this is a problem with renting clothing now. I want everything
14:15This is a real issue. Like I don't want to give these back. I want to keep them
14:20I will say the pants are a little bit baggy like they're bunching a bit for me
14:24I'm not exactly filling these babies out, which is so weird because I'm so caked up
14:29I don't really understand why that's not working but random wait, and why am I not filling out the top?
14:37Okay now this this is a cute dress oh my goodness look how cute that is
14:42It's got all these pink bows up the side and a big slit nice and clean
14:47Feels very good quality. Like if you were going to a wedding and you wanted to wear this providing it's not close enough
14:53To white of course, but this is really cute
14:58This is so cute, are you kidding me with the bows?
15:02This is totally a dress that I would not need in my wardrobe, but I would think wearing it is very fun
15:08I like the fabric too. It's quite thick and it's not super snug, but it's comfortable the last item in here
15:15We have a jumpsuit love a good jumpsuit
15:18This one's kind of like a hybrid between like a light denim and some sort of other elegant almost like is it crepe a rayon
15:25and polyester I'm pleased with how good and new everything looks I
15:32Need this it fits
15:34Perfect on the length. It fits perfect on the back. It's cute. It's elegant and I'm wearing it to Rachel's wedding
15:41And I'm buying it. I should check how much this one would be a few moments later
15:45I need to check the retail is
15:49$229 but I could buy it for 46% off
15:53$123
15:56The Victorian floral blazer and pants I could get for $84 for the top and 35 for the bottom
16:06This is literally defeating the purpose of the video guys, my head is spinning
16:10Okay, so now that everything is here
16:12I'm gonna wear some pieces throughout the week and just see how I enjoy the experience of renting the clothing and then we must
16:20Cancel these subscriptions you could wear absolutely anything in Vegas
16:23And I swear you would not turn heads because there are people wearing in a lot of cases much less
16:29Which is far more eye-catching than a full pink ensemble, but I digress
16:32It's a little out of my comfort zone not comfort wise just color, but I do love pink
16:38it was kind of interesting because when I was wearing the full pink set I asked her what he thought of it and he said
16:43He really liked it and that it felt very
16:45Futuristic to him, which I didn't fully understand until I saw some of the footage back of me
16:51I don't even think it's the matching set part of it. I almost think it's the long shirt part of it
16:57It would feel like I was in The Hunger Games or even like Dune World
17:01I don't know just made me think it does look kind of futuristic
17:04I am a really big fan of Vegas not for the reasons that a lot of people go to Vegas, you know Sin City
17:10But there's amazing food and great shows and I love
17:15Magicians and I had the absolute pleasure to visit Martha Stewart's restaurant while I was there and it was so tasty the pierogies
17:23Look at you guys. My drink matches my outfit
17:28Did you notice
17:30Martha shares my love of birds and then I also wanted to wear the full jacket
17:35I no longer really needed that amount of warmth too hot
17:40Especially paired with the purple mock neck sweater
17:44Originally, I was gonna pair this jacket with this shirt, but that might be very overkill now
17:50They do like this jacket a lot, but I was really enjoying in Vegas going to snip spots
17:56This video isn't sponsored by anybody. None of the brands in this video. None of the companies
18:02I'm mentioning not Martha Stewart's restaurant nothing not sponsored
18:05But I mentioned that because I'm saying sniff spot is a place where you can rent
18:10People's backyards to play with your dog in and our rental in Vegas didn't have a very big yard
18:16and so I found this one and it was like 0.5 of an acre and chip absolutely loved it so I wore my
18:23Unfortunately itchy mock neck there
18:25I did wear a shirt underneath it
18:27but I still found it to be kind of itchy around my neckline which is nice to know in a rental because it's like I
18:34Wouldn't purchase it with that itchiness taking chip to the park is like the highlight of my life. I'm not gonna lie to you guys
18:40I look forward to it when I think back to Vegas
18:42There was a lot of exciting things that happened but taking chippy to the sniff spot was genuinely my favorite part
18:49He is such a playful dog. He can like run and catch a ball and jump four feet in the air
18:55He has so much energy and he always wants to play and so being able to really Tucker him out in someone's yard
19:01It's really fun. Where am I going with this? Oh, yeah, it was nice. It's kind of not the piece
19:06I would normally rent because I feel like in my closet. I have a lot of chunky knit sweaters
19:11It kind of depends what you're looking for
19:13but I feel like the rental companies are best for like outfits that are maybe out of your comfort zone or
19:18For events that you don't have pieces in your closet to wear
19:21But I did want to try a few just like normal everyday pieces to like a sweater
19:26But I don't think I would wear that type again
19:28And the final piece from the rentals that I wore out and about was this high neckline jumpsuit
19:33I paired it with a black turtleneck underneath. No, I don't think you understand. I'm
19:40It's honestly so comfortable, but I feel pretty dressed up but also covered up and comfy
19:47It honestly fits like a glove
19:48So I'm happy and we had some friends come and visit and we went to the Omega Mart
19:53Which I've never been there before and if you haven't seen it online already
19:56It's basically looks like a grocery store, but everything about it is strange
20:00The peas are squares not circles you open up the freezer and all the pop is like
20:07bending and
20:08shifting and you're walking through this long hallway and it drops off into this like
20:12Strange area where you can play music with lasers like so strange. I don't know who thought of it. It was so entertaining
20:19We spent like three hours. They're just looking around and then after that we went to Guy Fieri's restaurant
20:24I saw Safiya try Guy Fieri's restaurant and get the trash can nachos and ever since I watched that video
20:30I have wanted these trash can nachos. So we got them
20:35Okay
20:35So once I went through all the clothing pieces and decided which ones I was gonna purchase in which ones I was gonna return
20:41I loaded up the reusable mailers and then each box had its own pre-paid mailing label
20:47so I stuck that to the front exactly how it told me to on the site and then I just took both of them and
20:52Dropped them off at UPS and they both received the items back
20:55So right now my plan is one shipment per month five spots per shipment next billing is February 21st
21:02So cancel your membership effective on February 21st
21:062025 like you really can't mess this up and this is again
21:09Why I'm so confused on what happened last year when I tried to cancel this
21:13So your membership will be canceled on February 21st. Boom done now
21:18We will touch base there again same sort of setup here. I'm gonna let them know the exact same thing
21:25Your newly is canceled now. Normally I would be like, okay, we're 100% good
21:30But I need to see on February 21st if it really canceled as I'm editing this
21:35It's February 25th. I checked my banking and I don't have any new charges from newly or rent the runway
21:42So the cancellation was complete which leads me to think that last year when I tried to cancel it
21:48Maybe I did it wrong
21:51Wouldn't be the first time I did something wrong. So I
21:54Think it was my bad from the bottom of my heart
21:58My bad. So now that I've tried to rental clothing companies picked through all the clothing rented pieces tried them on wore them
22:05Returned them and now canceled my subscription
22:08I feel like I have a really good understanding of how these rental companies work
22:13I could see myself using them if they ever did expand to Canada for more
22:18specific events like
22:19Weddings or if I was going on a vacation that I really wanted to serve looks for some reason but I feel like for everyday
22:27Use I think for most people this would be out of the budget because around a hundred dollars to rent five to six pieces
22:34For day-to-day just everyday wear to me doesn't feel realistic
22:38Also, I want to mention that rent the runway you get five items for your first month is $98
22:44And then your next month is 119 pieces. I rented from rent the runway would have came in at
22:51$1,649 if you were just to buy them and then for newly it's $98 a month and you get six items
22:56So one extra item and the price of my items from newly came in at
23:01$1,162 so definitely renting them is cheaper. But then again, you don't get to keep them
23:05I do think comparing rent the runway and newly if I had to choose one
23:10I would prefer newly because I felt like the pieces on the site were a little bit more my
23:17Style more colorful and like cutesy designs and it was also more affordable
23:22You got more pieces for the price and I also really like their shipping
23:26Didn't have any plastic bags like rent the runways did I've been curious about rental clothing companies for a while now
23:33so I'm really excited to have taken this time to like dive in and get the full scoop if you've ever been curious about
23:40Rental clothing companies. I hope this video was helpful for you. It's been an honor and a privilege spending this time together
23:45I'm gonna stop rambling and let you go, but I hope to see you in the next one