I like this dress, and I think that it delivers on its claims. It's comfy, even though it's made of a synthetic fabric, runs fairly true to size (on this see more below), and comes at a decent price. It'll serve well as a comfy summer frock, and wouldn't be out of place in the advertised wedding setting – you won't put the bride to shame, but you ought to feel smart enough for the average not-super-posh summer wedding.
I was a little surprised by how long the dress ended up being. I'm 6'1", and it was fine for me. It'd be floor sweeping if you're much shorter (you probably are), or aren't wearing heels. I measure 39, 28.5, 38" and the large size seemed to work out OK for me. I wouldn't normally expect to get a size labeled "large" (I usually wear US size 8 or 10 – normally described as Medium), but their size chart has their medium size as sizes 4-6. In retrospect, I probably could have fit in the size M, not that I'm not complaining, and it would have been an inch shorter. The ties at the back are sufficient to accommodate a significant variation in girth, and manage to make me look at least somewhat hourglass-like.
The dress is fully lined, and has a nice criss-cross detail on the bodice. (Please note: I didn't check in the mirror before taking the pics, and the bodice isn't straight. That's my fault, not the dress's.) I'd rather expect a dress like this to be more structured and have bones where the criss-cross stitching appears on the bodice. This makes things cheaper (of course) and arguably more comfortable, but less formal-looking, and more likely to sag and/or wrinkle. There's a little elasticity in the bodice, but no shelf bra or built-in underwire. The ties at the back provided enough support for me, but some may well find a strapless bra necessary.
There are a couple of pockets on the sides. They're set strangely far back, so they're a little hard to find, but they work, and are large enough to put in the odd tissue, coat tag and possibly even your car keys.
The self-fabric lacing at the back is very, very long. Even if you need to wear the dress with the laces let all the way out you'll probably end up having to pull back long loops in the bow to prevent them from dragging on the ground. I'll probably shorten mine.
So, all told, I would recommend this dress. I think that it delivers the goods on what it claims, and does so at a sensible price. It's not my style for a wedding, but as a sun dress I think it's just fine, so I'm a happy camper. I would have preferred it if the bodice were boned and underwired, but that would have made it more expensive and made sizing much harder to manage. I think that this is a good all round compromise.
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