it looks so cute in the picture and I followed the reviews and ordered a small. I'm usually a size 4-6 this dress has so much fabric and its cinched in the middle with elastic there's no way that you can look cute and skinny in this dress. of course I'm dressed like Santa so I don't expect to look super sexy, but the dress fits the model in the picture pretty well and I thought it would fit me to. It makes me look large because there's too much fabric and its ill fitting. I'm wearing it to an outdoor event in a few days so I'm keeping it. hopefully before next year I'll do some alterations on it so it'll fit better.  I would recommend not buying a sexy santa dress unless you have plenty of time to return it so you can try it on first.