Girl Meets Dress

Name

Girl Meets Dress

Website

https://girlmeetsdress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fashion Rental / Women's Occasion Wear

NAICS

Formal Wear and Costume Rental (532281), Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers (4581)

SIC

Retail-Women's Clothing Stores (5621)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury Bridal & Occasionwear (CRAAAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury Womenswear (CRAAAFAG), Women’s Apparel Retail (CRAAABAB)

Keywords

• Designer dress rental
• Women's occasion wear
• Fashion rental service
• Special occasion dresses
• Evening wear rental

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Girl Meets Dress is a designer dress rental service that lets women borrow designer dresses for special occasions rather than purchasing them. The company curates a rotating inventory of designer and occasion wear pieces and rents them out to individual consumers, primarily based in the United Kingdom.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Designer Dress Rental

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• THE OUTNET: Discount luxury and designer fashion e-commerce retailer (Net-a-Porter group). Competes for the same 'designer occasionwear at lower cost' use case that drives customers to consider rental over purchase.
• Selfridges: Iconic London luxury department store. Overlapping luxury fashion customer base in the UK; while Selfridges sells rather than rents, it competes for the same designer occasionwear wallet share and shapes customer expectations.
• Vestiaire Collective: Global pre-owned luxury fashion resale marketplace. Adjacent to rental as a circular-fashion alternative for women seeking designer occasionwear at lower price points without ownership.

Direct peers

• HURR: London-based peer-to-peer and curated designer fashion rental marketplace. Same customer base (UK women, special occasion), directly competing for the same occasionwear demand with a hybrid P2P model.
• Rent the Runway: US-headquartered designer dress and apparel rental subscription and à-la-carte service. Directly comparable business model (designer occasionwear rental) and target customer (women attending weddings, galas, work events). Largest scaled competitor in the category.
• Rotaro: UK designer fashion rental subscription service. Directly overlapping subscription-based rental offering focused on occasionwear and everyday luxury for women.
• By Rotation: UK peer-to-peer designer fashion rental app that has expanded into curated inventory. Competes head-to-head for the London occasionwear customer with a community-led model and growing lender base.
• My Wardrobe HQ: UK luxury fashion rental and resale platform. Overlapping customer base of UK women shopping for designer occasionwear, with both rental and resale capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks7 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/girlmeetsdress
• Facebookfacebook.com/girlmeetsdress

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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