Web Site Offers Designer Bags for Rent

Kara Richter had one goal in mind when she co-founded From Bags to Riches in 2004: bringing high fashion to people in the not-so-high income brackets.

So she and partner Sam Mangiere created a Web site (www.frombagstoriches.com), through which fashion-conscious women can rent handbags by top designers like Gucci, Fendi and Louis Vuitton for as little as $15 a month.

The company began by using pay-per-click advertising on Google and Yahoo!,