It’s a beautiful shade of purple and I love the bodice. It does have padding in the cups but no underwire. There is boning around the bodice though. There is absolutely zero stretch in this dress. I’m between a large and extra large typically (L tops, XL bottoms) so I ordered the XL and it barely fit me, I wouldn’t feel comfortable actually wearing it out because of the sizing issue. There is no slit in the back so it required taking smaller steps. I’m 5’3” and it reached to just above mid-thigh on me. I bought a different dress at the same time as this that was a large and the waist of this dress is 1” smaller than that one.

Beautiful dress however not true to size.