The fabric is so beautiful and attention getting (color and pattern in the red) people have to say something - but the something was always about the beautiful color and not that this looked good on the woman wearing it. The fabric is too thick and stiff to drape over the body at all, so not really flattering on my full figured self. I wore the bold and baggy tent-like outfit to an art fair and didn't one time worry about holding in my stomach, but admit it made me look like a circus elephant. Probably won't ever wear it again. Unless you are a willowy flat chested little thing, pass on this one.