She'd buy an expensive dress at B. Altman's or Lord & Taylor. Wear the dress to her son's wedding, clean it, and return it on Monday, saying she really didn't like it, and got a refund or a credit.

You’re right, it seems dishonest to me.

choice for events where you'll buy a dress or a suit an not have to wear it again for several years.

Doubt they have such things in anything over a size 10 though.

Or do they send them to your home? Going to the store, ugh, I hate all the time and aggravation it takes to go shopping.

Shopping is the worst part of acquiring new clothes. That’s why I love love love Amazon.

Men have always been able to rent a tux for special occasion like a wedding but women who are bridesmaids always have to buy the dresses. Unless times have changed and I’m out of the loop …. Which is entirely possible!

and bridesmaid dresses.

Probably not as available as for men?

You buy clothes to wear and then re-sell. Common strategy. Renting in a sense.

Trump inflation is getting worse. It never really fell and now it's accelerating as tariffs bite fully because pre-tariff inventories have been worked off.

Inflation anger was being directed at Joe Biden. I wonder if we side-stepped that by switching to Kamala Harris. We lost what was still a narrow election and narrowly lost the House. The strong-arm tactics to install an unpopular administration and its policies are backfiring. We could get quite a rebound in 2026.

As an amateur classical musician, though, I finally had to buy one. I really couldn't afford an expensive tux. So, I went to a formal wear rental place and asked if they sold Tuxes that had been rented. They did.

So, for $100, I got the tux, a fancy shirt, all the hardware, and even a pair of patent leather shoes. Same stuff you'd rent. They even did a fitting and some tailoring. That tux got worn just about every time I played at a concert or fancy wedding reception. It went to the cleaners once in a while, too. A good investment.