 DETAILED description & EASY fix suggestion for the "large bust" issue. |
| Review Date: March 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Carla L, Little Rock, AR USA |
I purchased this dress in black for my bridemaids, and they are PERFECT!
The dress gives a nice hourglass appearance to those who are a bit wide in the mid-section and accents beautifully those who already have a great figure.
DESCRIPTION:
It is VERY well made, especially for the price! It is equivilent to a $125-150 dress at Dillard's or a $200 dress at any bridal shop. The fabric is nice, thick, quality satin. The bodice is fully lined with boning in strategic areas to help provide that hourglass look as well as with holding the dress up on those "blessed" in the bust area. The skirt has a detached lining reaching to the floor with mesh material from about the knee down. The bow at the waist has 2 streamers hanging from it that are a foot long or so. It is easily detached (only held on with a few whip stitches) but we kept it on. The dress becomes plain without it. However, Im sure replacing it with a brooch of some sort or sash would be beautiful as well.
The dress comes with a sash/shoulder wrap that is about a foot wide and 4 feet long (give or take, i didnt measure it)and spaghetti straps to attach if needed. However, if you use the straps, they will have to be sewn on because there are no hooks on the dress. Also, another review mentions a loop on the sash to hook it to the dress. The loop is just there as a way to hang it on the hanger.
EASY ALTERATION:
Before purchasing this dress, I read several reviews stating the dress is large in the bust, and they were right, kinda... I ordered 2 dresses for girls that are both pretty "busty"(size C-D cups). One girl is rather thin, and usually has to go up a size to allow room for her "girls", then take it up at the waist. However, I stuck to the sizing chart when ordering, and suggest everyone order accordingly. The dresses fit perfect everywhere but at the top seam of the dress. Each girl had plenty of room in the bust; however, the dress doesnt taper back in toward the shoulders as much as it should. This resulted in the top of the dress standing away from the chest and allowing anyone looking from above to see straight down into their "business". So, we put a "dart" on each side midway between their underarm and nipple (sorry, not trying to be x-rated, but best way to describe.) What I mean by "dart" is at the location mentioned we took about a 1/2 inch up. The "dart" goes down towards the floor at about a 45 degree angel and gradually takes up less material until there is nothing left to take up. It ended up about 2 1/2-3" long. This pulled the top of the dress flush to the girl chest and no longer allowed full visual access to all their business. It also flatters their bustline much more and allowed us to not have to use straps.
If you have a girl that is a bit small in the bust, the dart should still probably only be 3" long max, but you will begin with taking more than a 1/2 inch out of the dress. I believe they make it this way so most everyone will fit, but you may have to take it up on some. Trust me! Putting this dart in the very top is MUCH easier than redoing the entire bodice because they have big boobs. Especially since there is boning in the bodice.
I hope this helps and enjoy!!!!!! |
Beautiful & a Great Price
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| Review Date: September 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Amanda, Encino, CA |
I recently got married, and my bridesmaids and I are scattered across the country, so I took a chance and told them to order these through Amazon to make it easiest. They got them in Lilac, and they were beautiful! The other reviewers are correct that the bust is large in these dresses, but I can see why they did it, as some of my bridesmaids fit perfectly in it, as they were fuller chested, and the others had to have it taken in. (A note regarding the other reviewers: If you think that you are going to be able to buy any bridesmaid dress without having to most likely get some alterations done, you are wrong) Basically they are defaulting it so that everyone has at least enough material. The alterations can be done at home for taking it in on top, as it is a pretty easy fix with the dress design as there are seams on both sides under where the arms lay, and the seams end at the top of the waist where there is a belted bow. The length worked for everyone, and the heights ranged from 5'2"-5'8"as they were wearing heels.
A great value and absolutely beautiful for a wedding or cocktail party! |
good dress for reasonable price
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| Review Date: March 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: E. Orozalieva, oxford, MS |
i found the dress and immediately sent the link to my bridesmaids. they both looked so stunning and feminine in it. it looks also good on plus size ladies (size L). i ordered it lilac, size XS, when i was maid of honor on my friend's wedding. it looked wonderful on me as well. indeed, those dresses are more beautiful then on the picture. and it suits well. it comes with nice-width stripes, and scarf. and it's relatively cheap!!
i washed it in my washing machine (gentle cycle), and it came out fine. you have just to rinse it one more time, and then hang it. i'd love to re-sell it for lower price to somebody. |
Love Them!
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| Review Date: July 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: C. Bobb, Bangor, ME USA |
| Very nice, good quality, comes with shawl, size charts were mostly accurate they all were a little long so will need to be hemmed. |
Amazing Customer Service!
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| Review Date: September 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Reggan Wilson, USA |
| Sylvia is amazing.Good ol fashioned customer service.They stand behind their product and are very nice to deal with.The dresses were georgous.If u need multiples just make sure u call to get the same dye lot. |
Great dress for the price
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| Review Date: October 23, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Ashly Stacy, West Lafayette, IN |
| I bought this dress in black for a USMC ball that I am attending in a week and a half (I JUST realized I didn't have a dress...oops!) and I am VERY happy with the dress and the delivery. I ordered the dress Monday night, was told that it was sent on Tuesday, and I received in the mail today, Thursday. And I didn't even send it priority. I am so surprised. The dress is a bit big, but because they sent it to me so quickly I can go get alterations no problem. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on a dress, and I am very pleased with the price and delivery of this dress. |
THIS DRESS IS AWESOME!!!!
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| Review Date: November 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: DZ, California |
| This dress is BEYOND perfection. Not only does it fit any body type, but it is simple yet VERY classy. I'm EXTREMELY hard to fit and I was able to pull this out of the box and literally zip it right on. NO ALTERATIONS NEEDED. I'm 5'6" and between a size 16 and 20 depending on what it is. I ordered a 3X and it works perfectly. I would honestly get these for my wedding. The staff was awesome as well. They are very good with the communication. Happy shopping!!! |
Perfect
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| Review Date: November 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Burgess, |
| Had to get some tailoring done to the bridesmaid dress around the bust. I stand 5ft4" and had to wear 4 1/2inch shoes for the dress not to hit the floor. Absoulutely beautiful dress. I recommend this dress. |
Third time's the charm
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| Review Date: February 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Barner, AL, USA |
I ordered this dress for my beach wedding. Simple, strapless, A line, and white. Just what I wanted. I measured myself and found I was somewhere between a large and medium. I went large and had to send it back because it was too big. I noticed something black on the hem but didn't think too much about it because I was sending it back for a smaller size. Customer service with this company is great. The turn around time was fast and they made it easy. I received the second dress and it had an orange stain on the belt. Since this is going to be my wedding dress I wanted to make sure it was perfect. They agreed to send me a replacement dress and paid for return shipping on the stained one. Again, really great customer service and fast response time.
Dress fits great. I'm a 34D bust and there is no need to alter the top, it fits perfect. The hem is going to have to be taken up an inch or so. I'm 5' 4" and plan to be barefoot when getting married, the dress draggs the ground a bit. The ribbing on the dress is a bit flemsy but serves its purpose. Just don't expect it to hold the fat rolls in. If anything they bow out and creat rolls where there are none if the dress doesn't fit perfectly.
For everyone that complained about the dress being wrinkled, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLE? The mail does not bring you the dress on a hanger. The three that were mailed to me were folded well with minimal wrinkles. The ones I had to mail back to the company didn't look nearly as nice, sorry guys.
I'm very happy with my purchase. It was just what I was looking for, for a really great price.
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50's Dresses
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| Review Date: May 19, 2008 |
| Reviewer: C. Bauer, North Idaho |
| I purchased these dresses as bridesmaid dresses for my upcoming wedding. They came quickly and were all in perfect shape and they are beautiful dresses. I did end up needing to exchange a couple of the dresses for different sizes and that transaction went smoothly. PacificPlex was wonderful. Very prompt and courteous in everything. Highly recommended. Thanks you so much. |
What I thought
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| Review Date: April 14, 2008 |
| Reviewer: T. McCallop, Durham, NC |
| I thougt this item was great. The colors matched perfect to the colors I wanted. Loved the way the dress feel. I didn't like the underlining on the long 50's strapless dress but over all fantastic. |
My bridesmaids are wearing it August 9th
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| Review Date: July 3, 2008 |
| Reviewer: V. Bahnsen, Dayton, OH |
| My wedding is August 9th and I'm very excited to see my girls wearing this dress in red. I've seen it on two bridesmaids already and it looks so beautiful on. I think we might make little purses from the fabric that came with it. :) I am very excited! The dress does run a little bit big, so order a size smaller. That's what my bridesmaids did after reading all the reviews and everybody is very happy with the size and how it fits! :) Can't wait for my special day ... :) thank you very much! |
elegant dress
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| Review Date: October 29, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Donja L. Roberts, |
| I BOUGHT THE DRESS FOR MY NOW DAUGHTER-N-LAW TO WEAR AS A WEDDING DRESS. IT WAS SO PRETTY AND EVERYONE LOVED IT. THE PRICE WAS EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING SUCH PROMPT SERVICE. DONJA |
Best Buy Beautifull Dress
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| Review Date: February 15, 2009 |
| Reviewer: TLC, USA |
| You can't beat the dress for the price I paid on Amazon. For those of you getting married, this dress (and others similar to it) would be perfect for your brides maids. I wore it to a Gala Event and received NUMEROUS complements. I will be ordering ALL my future dresses for special events through them:) |
Beautiful dress
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| Review Date: April 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Alicia N. Smith, Rome, GA |
| I love this dress! The material is high quality, the service was incredibly fast and it fit perfectly. |
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