Wizard of Awesome Dress

This dress and I had a long engagement, beginning the moment I saw it on Be the Buyer and thought, "This has to be mine." Well, we're happily united now, and let me tell you about it: I wore this dress out for the first time this past weekend. Must have had about 4-5 people stop me to compliment it. The dress' pattern is gorgeous and the cut is incredibly flattering...so flattering in fact, you can't even tell it's a bit big on me. Now granted, I've a boy-ish, big-time runner's frame, but XS usually fits me like a charm. For this dress, though, I'll have to take in the waist or back darts and shorten the shoulders so that the wings have ample room to stand up. My one gripe with the quality is that I thought the wings would have interfacing in them to help them stand up. It's just double-layered fabric as far as I can tell, but I do think that once I shorten the straps, the wings won't have much of a problem (not that its a huge issue now, as you can see from the photo). All in all, a ridicously good-looking dress that I'd highly recommend... though you might (?) want to order a size down.

Gorgeous and fun, wearing this dress made my day. I made some "ruby slippers" to go with and got no end of compliments. My only regret is that I got the XS instead of the S because at the time it was the only size in stock and I wasn't convinced the dress would be restocked. As a result, I did have red marks above my armpits at the end of the day, but it was a small price to pay. Otherwise the bodice was a bit tight in the abdominal region, but the rest of the dress fit fine. Love the pockets. The points did tend to flop over now and then, but there's probably a solution to this (starch? I don't know)... it didn't really bother me.

A beautifully made dress, excellent quality. I felt weird with the pointy shoulder flaps but I have folded them down with a safety pin on one side and a brooch on the other and have had many compliments. Beautiful fabric, very 'Christmassy' but I'm also happy to wear it out when it isn't christmas.