This dress is cut to perfection.  It's a dressier maxi, made of a shimmery satin material that hangs more heavily on the body (in a good way).  It doesn't get hung up on underwear or my hips, which aren't tiny.  I typically don't like maxi dresses for that exact reason, and I've never purchased one until this one and another just like it in a different color.  These dresses are perfect!  Wear them with flats to dress them down, heeled sandals to dress them up, and look stunning the entire time you're doing it.  I love the colors of this dress, too.  That turquoise blue color that's the predominant color of the dress is just amazing to me.  It looks great on my tan (and I think would be stunning against darker skin tones, too), but I think it'd do well on the fairer skinned ladies, as well, having just enough of the rose hues to play up the pinks in your skin tones.  I'm in between sizes according to their charts, so I went for the medium because I figured I could always wear a bra if it didn't quite fit up top, but I slipped this dress on and felt like a goddess!!  No need for a bra (I'm a 32A/Barely B, so they're almost pointless anyway).  I'm pear shaped, though, which leaves me fighting the battle most women do when clothes shopping.  I'm a 0/2 on top, a 2/4 in the waist, and a 4/6 on the bottom.  Going with their medium, though, was perfect for me.  I don't feel like I'm trying to hide the things about my body I don't like because the dress is cut to accent everything good about my figure.