I got this dress for a white-tie Christmas ball and it was the perfect level formality and color for the event! I got compliments on it the whole night! A few things to consider though: On the fit: I ordered 2R and 4R and ended up wearing the 2R. I have wide hips, narrow waist, and pretty midsized bust and the dress fit perfectly around my hips but the upper part of the dress was a bit too large around my waist and bust. I think a 0R would have worked better for my upper body but would have risked being too tight around my hips. The knot in the middle of the bust where the shoulder loops meet is a bit heavy so that area of the dress kept falling forward since the bust wasn’t tight around my chest. I tried to use fashion tape to secure the top of the dress to my chest and it semi-worked. I wore a padded strapless bra that stayed pretty well hidden but the back of the dress is low so had to keep double checking the bra was hidden throughout the event. If you had the perfect fit of the dress around your bust you could likely get away with going braless as the fabric for the bust was sturdy and thick. On the shoulder loops: The off the shoulder loops are only fastened to the dress at the knot in the middle of the bust and on either side of the zipper in the back and are not adjustable. The loops are rather large so they hung pretty loosely around my arms which I think gave the illusion that was dress was sitting lower on my chest than it actually was. I tried to solve this with some fashion tape placed on either side of the knot in the front and either side of the zipper in the back to keep the loops a bit more upright. Fashion tape made the loops look a lot better but this ended up constricting my movement a bit as I couldn’t raise my arms up very high. This wouldn’t have been such an issue except that the event I wore it to involved a lot of dancing so I was constantly fidgeting with the loops to make sure they were still in place. Again, if the bust had fit perfectly, the sagginess of the loops likely wouldn’t have been as much of an issue. On the skirt: There is a slit in the back of the skirt that allowed for better movement while walking and dancing. The RTR pictures of the dress don’t show it for some reason, so just and FYI! I’m 5’8” and wore 2.5” heels which brought the dress to a perfect length and you could only see my toes poking out occasionally and posed no tripping hazard. The skirt is unlined and the fabric on the thinner side so no-show undies or some shape wear are essential! All in all the dress was beautiful and I got lots of compliments but I likely wouldn’t wear again to a party with dancing involved due to the mobility issues

Julia Gown

SACHIN BABI

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Size Worn: 2R

Usual Size: 2

Height: 5' 8"

Weight: 130lbs

Bust: 32C