The dress is beautiful, I'm really between the S and M size. I ordered the S, because most of these 1950s style dresses fit, this one fit a little too much like a glove and even though I didn't dry it, it shrunk some anyhow I think, because it was definitely above my knee and the seam of the bodice sewn to the skirt was about 3 inches above my belly button. I have noticed that with all these 1950z vintage style dresses, the bodice-to-skirt seam is high. The bodice needs to be 2 inches longer. I can't speak for others around the world, but most American girls/ladies have a longer torso then the design of this (and similar) dresses. I was going to return this dress, but just that quick, it was no longer available so I am stuck with the dress. I will end up making a skirt out of it I guess.