I ordered this dress as a trial to use for a bridesmaid dress. The dress is very nice looking and the quality is great but the color(slate) is not really a grey, it is more a shiny silver. The color is very pretty but if you are looking for a flat grey this isn't really close. I also had two other small problems with the dress. It is longer than it looks. I am short, 5'2" so that is part of the problem but it is still more shin length than knee length. The other issue is I am very busty, (DD) and the dress held the girls in but it didn't cover as high as it would with a normal size chest(I think). It has small "ribs"? in the torso seams, so it probably wouldn't work very well for a small cup size either. I guess that means that they did a good job of shaping this dress for the average woman. Also, and this is not good or bad but the belt is sewn on. It doesn't tie at the bow, it is sewn into the dress on either side of the zipper at the back and would not be easy to remove. It also comes with a shawl in the same material as the dress. I ended up having to send it back because the bride was looking for a much darker grey and a little more embelleshment, but I would recommend this dress as a either a nice party dress or as a bridesmaid dress because it is good quality for the money.