The way they gathered the waist, it makes this top extremely small. I laid it flat and measured the waist line, its 24 inches on the LARGE. so, needless to say, its 5 inches smaller than stated in the size chart and way too small.  I wish that sizing would be AMERICAN sizes and consistent from one product to the next. This is a pretty top, but useless as it runs so very small. its extremely frustrating to spend a long time picking something out, purchasing because the size chart states one thing, and then when you get it? its a totally different, usually ridiculously smaller size.  will have to return, again, extremely frustrating and time consuming.