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Summary: Renting a purse is a great way to have the hottest designer bags without the high price tag, and FromBagsToRiches.com offers designer bag rentals. Find designer purses for rent, which can also be found at independent bag swaps and boutique bag loans, with advice from a freelance fashion reporter in this free video on style.
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"Hi my name is Rachel and I'm the owner of Street fashion site the Austin style watch dot com. And I'm also a freelance fashion reporter. And today we are going to talk about how to borrow a designer bag. Now if you are one of those people that has to have the latest bag, you have to have the newest chloe bag, the newest Louis Vitton straight off the runway, but you don't quite have the money to afford it, you are not limited you can still do it. You can still be the Lindsay Lohan with the new bag on your shoulder every week. And just like you Netflix your movies, watch it and then trade it in. You can do the same thing with your bag now a days. So hop online and some of the sites you are going to want to look at are from bags to riches. Or bag borrow or steal and these are two sites that allow you just as though you were renting a movie, to check out a designer bag use it for a while and then send it back. You pay membership fee and sometimes you pay per purse, and naturally you are going to pay any damages but you can be guaranteed to have the latest styles on your arm and not be spending a fortune. Another option you might want to do is just take a look in your local yellow pages sometimes you can find local clubs that will swap purses, groups of women that do it independently. Or you might find stores that loan bags out just for a single night. You also might look at your local stylist in your area in order to find a stylist that could have the latest bags and let you take one out for an evening. So this has been how to borrow a designer bag."