Beautiful but bad execution.
First, this dress is STUNNING!!! Seriously. The structure was fabulous. The twirl factor, perfect! I’m XL/XXL, 38DDD bra size and really did not need to wear a bra, bonus points! Now the down sides. I read reviews and thought people were exaggerating on the scratchy sequins, because I read that on a previous dress I ordered and it was just fine. But they were not. I have pretty tough skin and within 15 minutes of trying it on, my skin was on fire from the scratches from the sequins! The second downside. I had ordered two, the first in an XL, could not get the zipper over the waist seam, so sent it back and got the XXL. Still had issues with zipper over the seam but eventually got it. The XXL did come damaged so I was sad about that. The velvety fabric maybe was too delecate for the structure and heaviness of the dress. Or just a fluke. So with the slight damage, then the excessive starchiness, I decided to send it back as well. If it was just a smidge scratchy I would have kept it and just had been careful, but that’s really what sent it over the edge. But like I said, BEAUTIFUL STUNNING DRESS!!! Materials were just poorly executed.