At first glance this belt is very beautiful but, if you are a bigger woman be cautious of buying this. It runs small.  I am a size 18 in dresses and put this on the most narrow part of my body, which would be on my high waist, and it is very tight. I think I stretched it to the max to get it around me, it does go around me but as I said it is tight, so I don't recommend this for bigger women like myself. I will be only wearing this to something where I may only be there a couple of hours. Also, some of the gems on it seems to be loose. I'm hoping they hold up and don't come off when I wear it. I'm not horribly disappointed but I am a bit disappointed since it runs small and is so tight on me and I'll wait to see if the loose gems come off or not.