I chose this to wear to a "beach formal" wedding. The photo online clearly shows a stylist's hand in the fit. It looks like a fitted bodice above a flowy aline-ish skirt. The dress that arrived was more bathrobe-y.  What looks like a fitted waste is really an elastic waist. It is nigh onto impossible to alter the top and make it more fitted, as there is extensive yoke detail and the way the elastic waist is fashioned was too complicated for me. That said, I wore the dress to the wedding, looked and felt great and had a little vely time. I would have liked a dress more like the one pictured, but this was quit adequate and fun.