Beautiful, comfortable dress! The "mini dress" description brought fear into my heart, but it's not at all what I would describe as a "mini dress." There is elastic around the bottom of the dress, so it keeps the hem in place nicely. This dress fit my figure (or lack of figure!) nicely. I am large up top and have no waist line at all, but this dress highlighted all the good stuff and hid all the bad stuff. I paired it with this bolero jacket http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047CR848/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01 since I wore the dress for a winter party. The sizing was a little off. According to the measurements, I ordered a 3X. It was way too big, so I exchanged it for a 2X. I felt that even the 2X was a little large, but I didn't end up returning it a second time. I'm a size 14/16 in jeans, so I should have followed the size chart, not the measurement chart. There is elastic at the back, which allows for some stretch in the chest area. After a lot of dancing and chasing around my 2 year old, the ruffles on the bottom of the dress looks a little disheveled, which is the reason for the 4 stars and not the 5.