I wore this dress to a black tie wedding and I received a lot of compliments. I liked the thick straps and full coverage of the bust. The dress was too long (3"or so) for my height, even with 5" heels. I had to be careful when walking/dancing and the dress was accidentally stepped on a couple times. :) Also, the dress I wore had a piece of metal boning that broke through its stitching. Unfortunately it was stabbing my side all night. I tried to mend it with some cotton & tape, but it didn't help much.