Wearing one of J-Lo’s outfits is a real wow

HIRE COST PER YEAR: £2,000 WARDROBE VALUE: £20,000 EsthEr richards, 36, is married to tim, 38, a businessman. they have two sons, aged nine and 11. she hires dresses from mycelebritydress.com WALKING into a glitzy event and knowing people are staring gives me a real lift — and there’s nothing that turns heads quite like a gorgeous frock that’s worth thousands.

Of course, no one knows my secret: I hire my dresses for a few days then send them back. My husband’s work in the City means we have so many nights out — and I wouldn’t want to wear the same thing twice.

I recently went to a children’s cancer charity fundraiser and hired a Scala diamanté dress with silver trim which was stunning. It would have cost £595 but it was only £89 to hire. In a year, I suppose I might spend around £2,000 — but that’s for a wardrobe worth more than £20,000.

It’s incredibly easy. I book the dresses I want for either a three or eight-day rental period. They arrive looking like new, packaged in tissue paper. Any that I don’t wear can be returned and I don’t pay for them. The ones I do wear I send back via special delivery.

There’s something so exciting about wearing a stunning designer dress which has been seen on an A-lister such as Emma Watson or Jennifer Lopez.

I never worry that a dress has been worn before: I just wonder to myself which glamorous woman has worn it and to which amazing party.