Behind Belinda's Desk

Your guide to designer dress hire, styling and occasion dressing. Discover the latest fashion advice, styling tips, new arrivals and behind-the-scenes stories from Your Secret Closet.

The Glamour Is Real. So Is the Chaos. Behind Belinda's Desk | The Spring Racing Edition

The Glamour Is Real. So Is the Chaos. Behind Belinda's Desk | The Spring Racing Edition

Behind the beautiful dresses, champagne and glamorous race-day photographs lies a very different side of Melbourne's Spring Racing Carnival. From racing across Melbourne delivering designer gowns at 8pm to managing...
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Just Because You’ve Hired It, Doesn’t Mean You Own It

A $1,000 designer gown melted by an iron, a DJ whose dress didn’t survive the turntables, and the perfume disasters that even three professional cleans can’t fix. After nearly a...
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Just Because You’ve Hired It, Doesn’t Mean You Own It
Everyone Wants to Support Small Business… Until They're Told No.

Everyone Wants to Support Small Business… Until They're Told No.

Everyone loves supporting small business until they're told no. From endless requests for charity vouchers to influencers expecting free designer dresses, Belinda shares the side of running a small business...
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Behind Belinda’s Desk: Fitting Room Confessions — The Secrets Women Tell Me

Nearly ten years of running a dress hire business in Melbourne has taught me one thing: women tell you absolutely EVERYTHING in the fitting room. From secret pregnancies and scandalous...
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Behind Belinda’s Desk: Fitting Room Confessions — The Secrets Women Tell Me
Dress Hire Confessions: She Hired Two Dresses, Gave Me Her Business Card… Then Disappeared

Dress Hire Confessions: She Hired Two Dresses, Gave Me Her Business Card… Then Disappeared

She hired two dresses, paid, handed me her business card and walked out. When the dresses never came back, I called the company on the card. They’d never heard of...
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Dress Hire Confessions: The Stylist Who Borrowed Thousands of Dollars of Dresses… Then Blocked Me

A well-known stylist promised incredible exposure, borrowed thousands of dollars worth of designer dresses… and then blocked me. Welcome to another Dress Hire Confession from Behind Belinda’s Desk.
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Dress Hire Confessions: The Stylist Who Borrowed Thousands of Dollars of Dresses… Then Blocked Me
Behind Belinda’s Desk: The Lies Customers Tell a Dress Rental Business

Behind Belinda’s Desk: The Lies Customers Tell a Dress Rental Business

“I posted it yesterday.” Except the tracking says otherwise. After almost 10 years in dress rental, Belinda has heard just about every excuse in the book, from dresses being held...
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Behind Belinda’s Desk: The Worst Things We’ve Ever Found in a Dress Rental Return

After almost 10 years in dress hire, we thought we'd seen it all. Fake tan, makeup and wine? Easy. But human faeces, used G-strings and unexpected bodily fluids? Welcome to...
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Behind Belinda’s Desk: The Worst Things We’ve Ever Found in a Dress Rental Return
Behind Belinda’s Desk: The Customer Isn’t Always Right. There, I Said It.

Behind Belinda’s Desk: The Customer Isn’t Always Right. There, I Said It.

“The customer is always right.” We’ve all heard it — but after almost 10 years running a dress rental business, I’m not sure I agree. From delayed parcels and double...
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