Alana's Reviews
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My favorite dress yet
This dress was absolutely beautiful! The pattern and colors and striking and I received many compliments. This dress ran true to size (on average, I wear a 4 in dresses). The top on this was snug but in a good way (it held everything in!). I'm a 34D and I could still wear a strapless bra with this. I also appreciated that it had adjustable straps. My favorite rental yet!
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Camo Sea Maxi Dress
Hunter Bell
Size Worn: 4R
Usual Size: 6
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 135lbs
Bust: 34DDD/E
beautiful lace dress!
The lace detailing on this dress (especially at the bottom) is so pretty! Looks amazing on. I got the 4 and the 6. I typically wear a 4, but I wanted to be able to eat and dance. The sheath part underneath the lace is pretty fitted and I'm carrying a little extra weight through my hips/waist at the moment. So I was happy that I sized up to the 6 for comfort. Also, I found that the 6 was better to accommodate my bust (34D). I didn't find that going up a size made it too roomy through the shoulders. Everything actually fit like a glove! Wish I owned this one.
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Beauty Within Dress
Lilly Pulitzer
Size Worn: 6
Usual Size: 4
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 125lbs
Bust: 34D
Great date dress!
I ordered this as an exchange after the original dress I ordered didn't fit. I would usually order a 2 and a 4, and an R in a maxi, but they they only had a 0L and a 2L available to deliver that day. The 2 fit just fine thankfully, but there was definitely no room for a bra. The top material is thick and supportive even though there isn't boning in this dress, so it worked well for me. The bottom is nice and flowy. I ended up using hem tape to tape up the bottom because it was much too long for me and I wanted to wear flats. It wasn't an ideal fix as I still was tripping a bit, but it allowed me to wear this last-minute arrival to my event!
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Hang Ten Maxi
Mark & James by Badgley Mischka
Size Worn: 2L
Usual Size: 6
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 135lbs
Bust: 34DDD/E
Had to send it back
I ordered the XS and the S. Neither fit! I could barely zip the XS. The S was better but I still couldn't get it to stay zipped at the very top and the top looked really weird on my large chest. And renter be warned this dress is SO SHORT! Besides the fact that it didn't fit, I may not have worn it even if it did due to the length (and I don't consider myself tall at 5'5").
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Jayne Tulip Dress
YUMI KIM
Size Worn: None
Usual Size: 6
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 135lbs
Bust: 34DDD/E
Great little clutch!
Perfect size to fit all my essentials and it went great with the summery maxi I was wearing out to a nice dinner. It's a really great "not-too-gold" color woven together with white. Perfect accessory!
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Summer Chic Clutch
Lilly Pulitzer Handbags
Usual Size: 6
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 135lbs
Bust: 34DDD/E
Great rehearsal dinner dress!
I wore this dress for my summer time rehearsal dinner. I typically wear a 2 or 4 depending on how the size varies in the chest (I have a large bust and am an hourglass shape). I ended up wearing the 4 due to the boning in this dress. The 2 was just a tad too tight through my ribcage with the boning. The 4 was just a tad roomy in the cups then, which allowed me to wear a bra. I could have gone without one if the 2 had fit through my ribcage. But wearing the 4 with a bra worked just fine! It was very comfortable, perfectly summery, and allowed me to wear a kind-of white dress to feel bridal :)
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Icebreaker Dress
Mark & James by Badgley Mischka
Size Worn: 4
Usual Size: 6
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 135lbs
Bust: 34DDD/E
Beautiful dress, but the sizes didn't work
I typically wear a 2 (e.g., at Banana Republic), and based on other reviews that seemed similar to my body type, I went with a 0 and a 2. Really, I needed a 4. While my bust size and weight were similar to those who wore a 2 in this dress, I am a curvy/hourglass shaped 2 and the 2 in this dress hugged around my hips quite a bit and bunched. A 4 would have been more forgiving, but I didn't have time to order another size before my bridal shower. This dress really is beautiful though! The lace was kind of heavy - more like a crocheted lace.
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Rustic Plum Lace Dress
Nanette Lepore
Size Worn: None
Usual Size: 6
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 135lbs
Bust: 34DDD/E