subject: Rent A Costume Zentai I Do [print this page] Christine Blanchette won't be passing her Full Body Red Shiny Metallic Unisex Catsuit with Mask and Cape on to the daughter she might have some day. Latex Leggings That's because on the Monday after her wedding - scheduled for the last weekend of July - Blanchette's costume zentai will have to be returned to the shop she rented it from.
Once the costume zentai is returned, Blanchette doesn't expect to feel like Cinderella after the clock struck midnight. She will have the satisfaction of knowing that she didn't blow her budget. She'll spend $550 to rent the costume zentai of her dreams, a crinoline, headpiece and veil. New, the costume zentai alone would have cost her $1,000.
"I'm sentimental, but I'm logical too. Besides, I'm using the money I save to hire a videographer," said Blanchette, 28, a graphic artist.While it's customary for grooms to rent tuxedos, renting a Gold Shiny Metallic Catsuit is far less common.Latex Catsuits But with the astronomical prices of wedding wear, renting a costume zentai for the big day has become a practical option.
Isabelle Leduc, owner of Oui Je le Voeux, the St. Hubert St. shop where Blanchette found her costume zentai, came up with the idea of renting zentai when she was studying fashion marketing at LaSalle College. "Quebecois women want to wear something beautiful at their weddings but they don't want to spend too much money," Leduc said.
When her shop opened, Leduc had 50 costume zentai. Today, she has an inventory of more than 500. A few come directly from manufacturers; most have been bought from other brides, though none are more than 5 years old. "If one woman loved the Gold Shiny Metallic with Velour Fabric Half Length Sleeveless Ca, another woman is certain to love it," Leduc said.
Although the store carries some unusual designs - like a replica of a Renaissance zentai in ivory with colourful floral brocade - Leduc says most of her customers prefer a traditional look. "They want something white, feminine, with long trains, embroidery or pearl trimming."In her first year or two in business, Lycra Leggings Leduc kept track of a costume zentais history. "At first, customers wanted to know whether the bride was still married, and whether she had had kids," Leduc said. Now that her inventory has expanded, she finds it's more difficult to remember details about each of her costume zentai and their former owners.
When Leduc got married in 1997, she wore a medieval-style costume zentai recycled from two other costume zentai. "I was one of those girls who dreamed of feeling like a princess on her wedding day," she said. A year later, she divorced. But that hasn't stopped her - her Golden Shiny Metallic Front Open Unisex Catsuit is available for rent. "Four or five women have already worn it," she said.
