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Trend.Land (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Recent Harvard Business School graduates Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss put their brains to work in favor of their love for fashion and after numerous business plans came up with the strategy for Rent the Runway , a concept that has been compared to Netflix. It is in hard economic times [...] -> More info & pics for: Rent the Runway : Fashion at Your Doorstep...
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[FashionRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Recent Harvard Business School graduates Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss put their brains to work in favor of their love for fashion and after numerous business plans came up with the...
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Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Recession spawns Rent the Runway Image from Flickr. Rent the Runway, a web site that uses the Netflix mail-order model, would have been a good idea even when the economy wasn't bad. However, it appears Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss, the site's creators, are destined for guaranteed success during a time when everyone is trying to save money. Rent the Runway is...
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Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York... (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Jennifers. There’s now a Netflix of sorts for designer dresses. Through the website Rent the Runway, women who need to get their hands on an expensive designer dress but don’t expect to wear it more than once can choose from 160 styles and, for $200 or less, rent a dress through the mail for four nights. Recent Harvard Business School graduates Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer...
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Being able to rent a couture gown for a special event is nothing new but a new service, Rent the Runway , hopes to streamline the process and become, as the NY Times describes it, a Netflix for haute couture. The site was founded by two recent Harvard Business School graduates, Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss. A four-night dress rental can cost from $50 to $200...
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Fresh Inc. (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... rent couture dresses as it is to rent Netflix DVDs. Fledgling start-up Rent the Runway, founded by Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss, plans to allow customers to rent, via mail, thousand-dollar dresses for less than $200 each. Hyman came up with the idea after watching her sister shell out cash for a dress she'd only wear once to a wedding. After solidifying...
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popgadget (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
If you're a lover of haute couture but don't have the finances for that killer Dior gown, you're in luck. According to NYTimes.com , your fantasy frock is tantalizingly within your grasp. Thanks to the enterprising smarts of two women named Jennifer you can rent the your favorite designer's clothing for pennies of the cost of purchasing it outright. Using a system similar to Gamefly or Netflix,...
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I want - I got (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... paragraph Enlarge This Image Todd Heisler/ The New York Times Through the mail-order service from Jennifer Hyman, above left, and Jennifer Carter Fleiss, a four-night dress rental costs $50 to $200. Enlarge This Image Todd Heisler/The New York Times Readers' Comments Share your thoughts. * Post a Comment » * Read All Comments (70) » But a nascent Web site called Rent...
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Neatorama (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... of things to wear.” Rent the Runway was founded by two recent Harvard Business School graduates, Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss. Ms. Hyman said she got the idea for the service last year after watching her younger sister agonize over whether to buy an expensive new outfit to wear to a wedding. “Here was this young girl who loves fashion and was willing to...
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Kempton - ideas Revolutionary (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... of things to wear.” Rent the Runway was founded by two recent Harvard Business School graduates, Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss. Ms. Hyman said she got the idea for the service last year after watching her younger sister agonize over whether to buy an expensive new outfit to wear to a wedding. “Here was this young girl who loves fashion and was willing to...
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ChickSpeak (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... bit of fashion experimentation all swirled all into a perfect storm. Founded by two friends, Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss who met while they were students at the Harvard Business School, this website is both business savvy and fashion genius!
