Wardrobe Makeover in a Box

This post is sponsored by Le Tote.

Confession: Fashion Magazine Junkie here. As an awkward far from stylish adolescent, I was dog-earring outfit inspiration in the pages of Seventeen and tried my best to recreate what I could with my few babysitting dollars and base closet staples of–sadly– church logo sweatshirts and pegged mom jeans. I’m still dog-earring now–although Style Watch has replaced Seventeen, and I read it from the bathtub on Saturday night rather than the periodicals corner of the Flint Public Library. But let’s be honest–there are limitations. I mean, I can’t just run out and buy every outfit dog-ear or new trend I want to try. But wouldn’t it be fun if we could at least try them on? Borrow them for a little bit and give them back after we wore that fun pencil skirt to the cocktail party or tried the pantsuit romper without the commitment to keep it? (Don’t even get me started on the pantsuit romper–I want one so bad, but I can’t commit!)

Le Tote was created for those of us who like to dabble in styles and rotate fun pieces in and out of our closet. It’s a super fun service that allows you to rent fashion. For $59 a month, Le Tote rotates your closet–clothes and accessories–as often as you want. You get a box of 5 items–3 clothing and 2 accessories–delivered (for free) from an online closet you get to curate. You keep and wear the items for as long as you want–2 days, 3 weeks, whatever–and return them (free shipping back too with a prepaid envelope!) when you’re ready for another box of new items to be shipped. The best part? No laundry! Le Tote will wash the items for you! I mean, we could actually scratch the whole Trying Fun Style angle of this post and simply go with the No Laundry thing, and Le Tote just appeared on the presidential candidates list. Plus, Le Tote carries several of the same upscale designers you’ll see at Nordstrom, Anthropologie, Bloomingdales and Piperlime and offers top brands including Free People, Kate Spade, Rebecca Minkoff, Max Studio, French Connection and many more.

Here’s how it works.

Start by filing out a super quick profile with your style preferences and sizes.

Then, the fun part–browse the site and build your closet by liking things you’d like to try.

Le Tote stores your closet and builds your tote from things you’ve chosen. You get a chance to swap out styles and customize your tote before it ships.

Here’s a peek into the closet I built…

…and my tote arrived shortly after.

The 5 pieces included:

It was so much fun to have some new things to wear–things I wouldn’t necessarily buy to keep but loved going out a few times in them before I was ready to swap them out.

The Rebecca Minkoff hinge bracelet? Love. It’s super simple but really pretty. (Oh, and if you decide you want to keep anything, you can purchase items at 20-50% off the retail price.)

You can cancel at any time–no commitment. Want to try it?

The first 50 readers who sign up will get 20% off their first month when you sign up using this link with the discount code KELLEHAMPTON. The code KELLEHAMPTON will automatically be applied to your order when you go through the sign-up process through this link, so no need to re-enter the code–just make sure you use this link to access the 20% off.

So dog-ear away! Build your closets.