This dress is beautiful! Very elegant and a very high quality. I am 54 and with kitten heels it swept the floor with no alterations needed to the length. The top does not have a hook and eye closure and it gaps about an inch without it so I sewed one on and it was perfect. The top is also a little big. I am not small chested and the waist strap was kind of a joke. But we pulled it very very tight and double safety pinned it and wrapped it in soft tape. Good to go with no bra needed. Also because the top was a little large, it kept scrunching down in the back making it look like a bad fit. So I went to the sewing store and picked up a yard of jeweled ribbon/strap and hand sewed them on as straps. It worked perfectly and the fit was like a glove. Very small alterations were needed and easy enough to do yourself, but any formal will most likely need alterations to fit perfectly. We had a great time and I felt like a princess!