I agree with Michelle below on all aspects. I love the look of this dress so much, I really wanted to keep it. I purchased a 3x initially because I figured it would be short just like the lady below said. And she's right. The problem is, it would be fine length wise if you wore it without the belt, but because it's so large (and yes the arms are batwings) you would need the belt to create a decent shape since the dress is boxy. So I reordered a size 1x with the assumption that I would wear it without the belt, but then the orange side was way too short even without the use of the belt. If both sides were ruched and longer like the blue side, then this could have worked out perfectly. Too bad. Size down if you do give it a try.