I expected based on the picture a very flowy, princess-y, whimsical dress. It's all that AND MORE! You know when you were a little girl, and you put on a dress that made you feel like a princess and you just twirled and twirled...THAT is what this dress did for me, and I'm 35 years old. My daughter is 6 and told me i looked like a fairy princess. I'm so tickled pink with this dress and cannot wait to wear this for Halloween this year. I bought this to use as a Little Red Riding Hood dress. It's still sexy but not tacky sexy like MOST Red Riding Hood costumes i've seen. I also wanted something different. Most costumes for Red i've seen are....well...red in color. I wanted only the hood to be red and purchased that seperately from a lovely company that makes custom pieces. The dress in my mind should be Earthy and whimsical and this green dress fits the bill! it's a deep moss green and hits me in all the right places. the extra triangle of draping fabric layers hides any "mommy tummy" you might have, and the under bust pull string cinch will draw up the dress as snug as you'd like. i can wear a regular bra w/this, though it is 'almost' off the shoulder which you can certainly wear it as such, you don't need to though it looks fine pulled up higher on the shoulder. I'm 5'1" tall and the dress IS floor/top of foot length but i'm certainly NOT tripping on it at all, and with a cute short heeled boot it's perfect. the sleeves hit me at the end of my wrists so i imagine anyone taller than say- 5'5" or 5'6" it might be bit higher up on their wrists.
This is a dress that will be part of halloween costumes for YEARS to come because it's SO versitle. this year red riding hood, next year? who knows! i can see me using it as a woodland fairy costume, a princess costume, a bar maid, a renaissance lady, a witch....all you need to do is chang up the accessories or add a bodice w/lots of color and stitching and an overskirt and you've got a great outfit for Ren Fest!
At under 60 bucks this is an AWESOME buy!! i WISH i could wear this dress all the time w/out the excuse of a festival or holiday! lol