The pattern itself is beautiful.  I love the tropical feel to the dress.  Although the dress I received had absolutely NO blue whatsoever - not like the picture does.

The dress is listed as an empire waist.  From my understanding of an empire waist, it's snug directly below the bust, and free flowing from there.  In my opion, this is not an empire waist.  I'd say the sizing is off about 2 sizes (in the plus sizes).  Perhaps if the sizing wasn't off, it would flow from the below the bustline... but the dress runs so small that it fits more like a potato sack than an empire-waist dress.

Order larger than you think you need.