This gown is beautiful! I'm a liitle "thick" in the belly area and the drop waist made me look shapely. I ordered using the custom sizing options. The gown fit perfectly. Did not need any additional tailoring. Unfortunatly, I had to return the gown because the shawl I ordered in the same color , at the same time, did not match at all. The return process so far has been easy. Customer service has been exemplary. I'm giving this gown a 5, because workmanship-excellent, ,quality of fabric- very nice, fit-very accurate.