The Color!!! This is not a monitor issue! This picture shows a deep purple, anybody see a different shade?  What I got is a pale lavender skirt! Not just once, twice! The first time I honestly thought it was a packaging glitch. Then this one arrived, There is not any conceivable way this can
be explained by monitor differences. Same company two different styles. Live & learn. This & a black one have some free hand beaded decorations, they are pretty but! They only beaded the front panels in both cases! Strange? It is very thin cotton, like muslin. But most of you would have no idea what that is,or Indian cotton another impossible descriptive!  Let me put it this way, it's very, thin, light, & Cool. But also very sheer. I solved the problem by buying  a black, white, & grey as basic petticoats. Those are hard to find in normal womens sizes. I have a black
floral, a turquoise, & a berry pink. By doubling up no sheerness & the double waist band isn't a discomfort. They work like square dancing skirts. The waistband is good, all-around sturdy multiply-stitched, the skirts are designed well, & stitched well. They are 100% cotton & labeled that way. They feel like cotton too. Definitely hand wash, although inside out in a lingerie bag, delicate cycle, cold water, maybe after the first few washes., the occasional washing in the machine would be ok. But the fabric could scorch in a dryer set on high, or ravel to pieces. Summer clothing is not made to last, but for coolness in hot weather. MaryAnn Coy-Schuerger.