I reaaaalllly wanted to love this dress, I love the design and I knew I should have listened to the reviews but I couldn't find another dress like it so I took a chance. Sad face. I'm a size 16 and I'm 5'5" now thicker girls should know better when it comes to Asian sizing but cal said it would fit 14 to 16...now it did but was a little tighter than I liked and the worst part, it wasn't maxi! It went to my knees, even if I lost 50 pounds this would not be considered maxi. And it had what I think were supposed to be pockets....by the boob area might I add, who does that...but there is nothing in the world you could put in there to consider it a pocket, more like a brief opening. I'll probably return it, or see if someone I know looks killer in it, but please be cautious with this. 5 points to Gryffindor for nice material.