Renting guide

Everything you need to know about booking your dress

Booking your dress is easy! The most important thing is making sure you select the correct start date and rental duration when placing your order.

📅 SELECTING YOUR DATES

When booking online, your start date should be the date of your event — the day you need the dress.

Your return date must always be a working day.

WEEKEND EVENTS

For a weekend event, your dress will generally be a 4-day rental.

For example:

Event: Friday
Start date: Friday
Return date: Monday

This allows your dress to be delivered to you during the week and gives you until the next working day to return it.

✈️ WHEN SHOULD I SELECT THE DAY BEFORE?

If any of the following apply, we recommend selecting the day before your event as your start date:

  • Your event is during the day
  • You are travelling to your event
  • You live at a rural address
  • You need extra time for your dress to arrive

This gives you some extra breathing room before your event.

📮 POSTAL RENTALS

Postal orders for weekend events must be placed by Wednesday at 2:30pm.

Our postal rentals are sent via NZ Post overnight courier from Monday–Wednesday, allowing time for your dress to arrive before your event.

RETURNING YOUR DRESS

All weekend postal rentals must be returned on Monday by 4pm.

Your dress must be handed over over the counter at a NZ Post Shop or depot — please do not use a NZ Post drop box.

We recommend keeping your postage receipt until your dress has been safely received by us.

🗓️ MIDWEEK EVENTS

If your event is on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, you may be able to book a 2-day rental.

For example:

Event: Wednesday
Start date: Wednesday
Return date: Thursday

If your midweek event is during the day, we recommend selecting the day before your event as your start date.

Please note that our standard 2-day rental option is for Monday–Thursday events only.

🏠 PICK-UP ORDERS

If you are picking your dress up from our Palmerston North store, you can book your rental right up until the weekend, subject to availability.

Postal orders have an earlier cut-off because we need to allow enough time for your dress to be processed and delivered.

❓ NOT SURE WHAT DATES TO SELECT?

If you're unsure about which rental duration or dates to choose, we're happy to help!

Send us a message before booking and we'll let you know what dates you should select.

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We'd much rather help you get your dates right than have you accidentally book the wrong rental period!