I'm not normally a small which is one of the reasons why I thought the medium would work on me (the other reason is because the small wasn't available as a backup size). However, this dress needs to be ordered on the small side in order to fit as shown above. The dress actually seemed a little stretched out, and fell down my legs like a droopy sack rather than in the shirred way shown above. The arms and bust seemed to fit, though, and I'm not big in either of those areas so it was a little puzzling. Not sure if this dress has just seen too many wearings or what, but it didn't look anything like it does on the model or in the other user photos.