I just love putting on the glitz in a fabulous Dynasty dress ...

HIRE COST PER YEAR: £2,000 WARDROBE VALUE: £12,000

Bridget nielSen, 57, lives in north essex with her partner Jeremy taylor, who has a Jaguar land rover dealership, and they have five children between them. She hires from mycelebritydress.com I lovE stunning clothes, and I have so many opportunities to dress up. We go to horsey events with my stepdaughter, who loves showjumping, work parties for Jeremy’s business, and we attend lots of balls and cocktail parties.

I enjoy shopping but trying to find the right outfit for a specific event can be stressful — so I just hire one. Whether I have a more demure charity drinks party in a barn or a glitzy ball in a manor house, there’s always a selection of pieces from which I can choose, often with plenty of sparkle. My son married in the States last year and I took a couple of pieces with me.one of my favourite labels is Dynasty, and I can hire a £1,300 dress for just £129. There’s no age limit to hiring frocks. one of my friends has an 80-year-old mother who is very fussy, and why not? She needed a royal blue dress for a special event and couldn’t find one anywhere, until she hired one. That really impressed me.