Rent high fashion for price of a pizza

Fancy hitting the town in the latest Dior dress with an outrageously expensive Louis Vuitton bag on your arm — but haven’t the cash to afford even the clasp?

The fantasy is no longer a pipe dream for thousands of women in Paris, the world’s fashion capital, where hiring luxury clothes and handbags is beginning to catch on.

A new service has started which allows fashionistas to rent Dior, Gucci, Saint Laurent and other luxury brand handbags for as little as €10 a day (Dh42.84).

A €4,500 classic Chanel black shoulder bag can be hired for €25 a day, although customers have also to cough up €20 in insurance and pay for a courier to deliver the bag to their door.