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All for rent, at Albright Fashion Library.
(Photo: Nina Choi/Courtesy of the Albright Fashion Library) |
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- Albright Fashion Library
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62 Cooper Sq., nr. Astor Pl.; 212-977-7350; albrightnyc.com
Plenty of rent-a-frock services will let you lease a $15,000 gown for a night. What’s different about the Albright Fashion Library is the head-to-toe service. The eternally chic Irene Albright’s firm has dressed its share of celebrities, reportedly including Demi Moore and Meryl Streep, but only recently has Albright opened up her 7,000-square-foot �closet� to general clients. It’s fashion heaven in there�from Balenciaga to Balmain, plus 7,000 pairs of shoes�and Irene, her daughter Marina, and their creative director Patricia Black can have you done up from head to toe in less than an hour. �It becomes about the event you are going to, the woman you are, and who you’re meeting: your boyfriend’s mother, the board, or a gala,� says Black. It’ll also run you about $1,000, which is a lot. But much less than the Oscar de la Renta dress you’d otherwise buy�and either way, you’ll wear it only once.