This dress was featured on a blog post highlighting cute, trendy, affordable alternative options for maternity wear, for those frustrated with the limited offerings and frumpy styles at many standard maternity clothing stores. I definitely fit into that category of women. Unfortunately, it failed miserably in this regard.

I am 58, and about 115-120 pounds pre-pregnancy. I gain a LOT during pregnancy thoughup to 60+ pounds with all threeand was already about 140 at 15 weeks, so I ordered this dress in the burgundy color in a size Medium, based on size recommendations here.

The Medium did not work for me, however. At least not as a maternity dress or even a shirt. The neck and shoulder area is quite wide, and the dress hung awkwardly past my bra straps on the edge of my shoulders. My boobs are 32-34D and normally look perfectly fine in most tops, but this dress somehow made me look completely flat on top. The flat look stopped there unfortunately. Instead, the dress billowed out horribly from my chest down like a misshapen tent, and emphasized my somewhat small baby bump in a terribly unattractive way. I looked like a strangely pregnant or beer-belly afflicted scarecrow dressed in an uneven tablecloth...by toddlers.

Despite the wide shoulders, the arm holes were still small enough to cling in at the armpits, and the thin burgundy fabric highlighted any and all sweat in that area. I sweat a fair amount when pregnant, and after about five minutes of wear I had noticeable rings of sweat below both arms. I was not going for the sweaty, fat scarecrow look. But thats what I got.

I subsequently purchased the black one in a size small, and this worked a bit better. Not as a dress but as a somewhat ok looking shirt/tunic over leggings. It still makes me look flatter in the chest and bigger in the stomach than Id like, but the shoulders hang a tiny bit better and the black is more forgiving in the armpit area.

I would not buy either one again though. There are much better options out there.