Hugs my cravey body

I had been eyeing this dress for some time & then I finally gave in & purchased it. I had plans on making a statement with this dress but it was such a let down, I ordered this dress twice because the first time I got it in my usual size which is xl but I have thick thighs & I am a thick woman, it fit till I tried to button the lower half of the waist area to the buttom button. The dress has zero stretch, as in no stretch at all. I really wanted it to work so I ordered it in a 1xl in hopes that it would fit, it fit at the top just fine but the waist area was extremely wide, I looked like a beluga wale & I have pulled off bigger sized dresses before, it was extremely big & so I had to return the second order of this dress. It was really a let down, I really had my whole fit planned out in my head, was hoping my crush would see me rocking this dress, but it was a no for this dress. Now if fashion nova put some elastic or some sort of stretch material in the mid to lower section of this dress then it would be a win.