First Class Faux Pas

United Airlines wouldn't let a Best Buy exec upgrade to first class because he wasn't dressed well enough... This. Is. Awesome. It is about time that people who expect first-class service started dressing the part.

I can almost guarantee that I'm the only one excited about this. Everyone is all up in arms about it, but I don't understand why.

On the one hand, it is a little silly for United Airlines to have that kind of a dress code; they're just not that swanky. But I don't think that the general idea that you need to dress well to be treated well is that unreasonable.

If you were a flight attendent on this flight, would you want to give first-class, luxury service to this goof in a track suit? Probably not.

Sadly, this whole fiasco was a fluke. The airline employee at the gate thought that this man was a fellow employee who was required to dress nicely to ride first class.

Hopefully, this inspires some luxury service businesses to expect a little more from their customers.

If you learn nothing else from this, please learn that it's never socially acceptable to wear a track suit outside of the gym.

Read the USA Today story here.

Rent The Runway

Have you always dreamed of wearing a red carpet or runway-worthy gown to a party or event?

Someone heard your cry...

Rent the Runway ended it's trial run and officially launched this week.

The idea is simple...

1) Choose a designer gown from their inventory

2) Pay for however many days you need it

3) Get it in the mail

4) Look amazing

5) Send it back in the packaging provided

Pretty cinchy, huh? They even include the dry cleaning in the price. And the insurance for minor damages is only 5 dollars. But don't get too careless... in the event of full destruction, you will be charged the full price of the dress.

While I love the idea, I can't see this working out.

These dresses are incredibly expensive, so it will take a really high number of rentals for each dress just to break even. What happens if nobody wants a certain dress? The company's just out thousands of dollars?

Doesn't sound like a recipe for success to me, but I'm rooting for it. It is a really cute idea and a great opportunity for all of us fashion mavens whose taste level far exceeds our income level.

So go rent a Versace and be the envy of all your friends. Oh, but I forgot to mention, the site is invitation only. But I really can't see them turning anyone down, so I wouldn't fret.

Click here to start shopping!