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By Rotation, one of the U.K.\u2019s most popular peer-to-peer fashion rental platforms, announced on Wednesday a partnership with the ride-sharing app Uber.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From now until May 31, By Rotation<\/a> users in the U.K. can rent outfits from others in their neighborhood and have them delivered via Uber within 60 minutes at a 10% discount. Though the discount applies to all users, the service is geared toward those renting ski gear. By Rotation said that 30% of the ski renters on its platform look for same-day pickup, and this partnership seeks to alleviate the annoyance of renting bulky, expensive ski gear and having to lug it around.<\/p>\n The partnership is fun and timely. Previously, By Rotation teamed up with Airbnb to provide rental wedding outfits for guests attending destination weddings. It was another creative collaboration<\/a> that sought to meet consumers where they are. Right now, ski clothing has become quite the fashion symbol online as the sport remains a popular<\/a> pastime across Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eshita Kabra-Davies, the founder and CEO of By Rotation, told TechCrunch that the partnership came from \u201clistening to our community,\u201d and that the company realized that, though consumers love how sustainable renting clothing can be, they also wanted the \u201cspeed and convenience of e-commerce.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWith one in four rentals made within 48 hours of an event, logistics was the final friction point,\u201d she said. She called this the \u201cemergency economy,\u201d or the moment of \u201csatorical panic\u201d when someone realized they needed an outfit immediately. Usually, when this moment comes, a person has to run out to make a \u201cpanic purchase\u201d for a new outfit. \u201cWe have wanted to change this behavior by removing the one thing standing in the way \u2014 logistics,\u201d Kabra-Davies said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Teaming up with Uber makes consumers move from \u201cfast fashion\u201d to \u201cslow fashion,\u201d she said.\u00a0Fashion remains one of the most polluting industries<\/a> in the world. As a result, the sharing economy \u2014 or the circular economy \u2014has become popular among young people<\/a> looking for more sustainable, and often more affordable, ways to buy clothing.<\/p>\n When users renting in their neighborhoods go to the app\u2019s checkout page, they will be prompted via a pop-up banner to use Uber Courier, where the By Rotation discount will automatically be applied. <\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<\/span> \u201cIt gives our community the luxury of choice; they can now secure a high-quality, high-value piece over a disposable garment, simply because it can reach their door just as quickly,\u201d Kabra-Davies continued.<\/p>\n Kabra-Davies launched By Rotation in 2019 and has scaled it into one of the world\u2019s largest peer-to-peer rental platforms. The platform has more than 1 million users (like song writer Ellie Goulding), she said, and it manages luxury inventory worth more than $100 million. With this, the company has expanded beyond being a fashion rental platform, Kabra-Davies said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cA powerful example is one of our top lenders who actually used her wardrobe earnings to fund her IVF journey<\/a>, which has led to successful surrogacy,\u201d she said. Next, the brand hopes to keep building the \u201cworld\u2019s largest shared wardrobe.\u201d It\u2019s already launched in New York<\/a> and has its eyes on the UAE. \u201cOur ambition, like Uber\u2019s, is global,\u201d\u00a0 Kabra-Davies said. \u201cWe want to make the \u2018rotating wardrobe\u2019 the default mode of consumption everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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