I went to a professional seamstress to get measured. I ordered the dress in DARK GREEN - it showed up in AQUA. It came with about 6-8" of extra fabric around the middle and enough extra at the top that it needed to cut about 4-5" off to get it to remotely fit right. Overall, it looked cheap and poorly constructed beyond being the wrong color and size. It was an expensive lesson learned as I had to buy a new dress at a local shop and have rushed tailoring - ugh!