When I first looked at this dress online, I thought "that looks like a 90s gradeschool teacher dress". Then I saw it on some of the reviewers and it looked like a cute simple dress. No. I was transformed into said 90s teacher and started to try to convince my husband that all grown ups write in cursive. I felt frumpy and the pockets hit a really bad spot and added a couple inches to my widest area. The length was a little awkward, but I'm 6 ft tall and it's a problem I have with most things. Along with this looking like an empire waist dress, which I would have loved when I was pregnant. The color was off too. I bought the green and it looked almost black. Much darker than pictured. All around bad look for me. It went back.