I ordered this to wear to work. It's a pretty dress, and seems well-made. I am normally a 16-18 (mostly due to my 36HH chest). This dress fit everywhere but the bust. The gathered waist was generously stretchy, and the garment came to about tea-length on my 5'6" frame.

The reason I have to send it back is that there is zero stretch in the bust. When the gathered waist was at empire-height, the top barely covered my bust. The only way I could get the coverage I would need for barely-work appropriate attire was to pull the gathered waist about halfway over my boobs. Yeah that didn't look right at all.

I think even on an average-busted woman this dress would plunge fairly low in the neckline.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.