Amazon Essentials Women's Waisted Maxi Dress (Available in Plus Size)

I absolutely love this dress. It can be dressed up with beautiful jewelry and a nice sweater and shoesPlay down by tying it down at the bottom in a knotVery lightweight incredibly soft and soothing on the skinExtremely breathable and airy I love how it moves when you walk. When you're out in the sun it has even more with Bright beautiful Berry color. The fabric kind of feels like a stretchy jersey fabric. But it doesn't give all low quality it looks like a very high quality dress that you could wear to any type of functionI'm going to buy one in every color absolutely love it

Fits perfectly on my 6ft frame and hovers about 3 inches above my ankle so no fear of tripping. I would say these dresses run at least about a 1/2 size bigger in waist and hips. I wanted a looser more relaxed fit so I considered ordering a L but decided on M which is my normal size. It fits just as I wanted. A Large would have swallowed me 2xs. Fabric has a nice weight with a nice balance of not too thin for winter and not too heavy for summer. Color matches images and is nice hue of burgundy. It was neatly packaged with just a few wrinkles at hem that will relax out on a hanger. Good value. I plan to order another, in black, very soon.

I'm 5'4" but I got the largest size because I'm stocky. This means the dress is too long for me. But I have good measuring and cutting tools and a serger, so I cut off 6 inches (because I don't want it brushing the ground) and hemmed it. I made the excess into an infinity scarf. It is SO comfortable. I plan on buying more of these soon, after how I see how it washes. I plan on washing it on delicate and line drying.It's more of a housedress quality than an out and about quality, but if you only get it professionally cleaned or use a garment steamer to get out the wrinkles, I think it could pass as around town wear if you add the right shoes and accessories.

The “Navy with white dots” dress arrived with pale pink dots instead of white. It looks like it was washed with something red or pink. This is my third color, I love this dress and I get so many compliments. Navy with pink dots works for me!

Why did you pick this product vs others?:This dress is so comfortable. It is also forgiving. Doesn't show my bumps and lumps and is also slimming. My daughter stole it and I had to order another one.Fabric softness:This dress is so soft and comfortable. You could wear it all day long and not be ready to get out of it.

ETA 03 May 24 The quality of these dresses has PLUMMETED. They are now MUCH thinner and virtually see through. I ordered some several months back (see review below), and they were thick, heavier, nicer. They had weight and hung well on the body. What is available now is a totally different dress. It is not even cut the same, and Amazon knows it. They changed the photos on the dresses. The cut is worse now. The material is much thinner and does not have the same weight and fit. Such a shame.... These dresses were a good buy if caught them on sale. Why oh why do companies do this? Profit I guess.... Reduce the quality to increase the profit, and then peopl stop buying. Brilliant, Amazon! Just bloody brilliant!I needed some modest but attractive, casual, not too expensive dresses to wear to Church on Sunday and on similar types of occasions where I want to look decent, but I am not interested in really "dressing up." Almost all of the clothes I see on Amazon seem to be targeted to women in their teens, twenties, and maybe thirties. For women past 40, 50, 60, and above, it is really difficult to find anything tasteful to buy.I am a retired senior who does not want to flash my legs, bum, and bosom to the rest of the world, but I want to look nice and presentable. Before I retired, I shopped at Brooks Brothers for my work wardrobe. BB has high quality tailored suits and dresses, but they are expensive, high end garments, and they are a little too formal to wear just to Church on Sundays and to similar types of occasions where there is no need to look like a highly polished professional. So, what is a nice old lady like me to do??Luckily, I found these Amazon essential maxi dresses which cover all of the bases for me. The dresses are well cut and have good weight for the price point, so they hang well on the body, and the colours are really pretty. The fabric does not breathe as well as cotton, but given all of the pros, including a very reasonable price point, I cannot fault them too very much. They look nice on, and I can dress them up or down with shoes, jewellery, hats, scarves, etc. That is the good news. The bad news is they shrink A LOT.Firstly, know that they run very large out of the packaging. I am 5'7 and at present weigh 162 lbs. Normally, at this price point, I would wear an XL, but in these dresses, an XL was much too large. So, I reordered the Confetti colour and the Solid Black colour in L and in M. The L was still much too large, and the M, whilst it seemed to fit well across the shoulders and under the arms, seemed a bit too long. In my stocking feet, it grazed the tops of my feet almost to the point of pooling. So, I ordered another one in size S just to see if perhaps the S would be a better fit. The S fit, but I decided the M probably worked the best overall as it left over a little room if (heaven forbid!) I gained any more weight.Well, I washed both dresses together in cold water on the gentle cycle in an agitator-less washing machine. I dried them together on the delicate cycle for maybe 15 minutes max. They were still quite damp out of the dryer. I hung them to finish drying in the air overnight. The next day I was shocked to find that the solid Black colour shrank about 2 sizes. The Black-Confetti colour shrank a little, but it did not shrink nearly as much as the solid Black dress. As I said, both were washed and dried together, so I am at a complete loss to explain why the solid Black one shrunk so badly, but the Black-Confetti one only shrunk a little.I did some research on Google re Rayon fabric to try to find some answers. I discovered that Rayon is NOT a synthetic fabric like polyester for example. It is made from wood pulp, and it is pretty much guaranteed to shrink considerably. In fact, it will likely shrink a little each time you wash it up to 20% shrinkage in total, and that translates to 1-2 sizes. The articles I read said Rayon shrinks even in cold water and should never be put in the dryer even on delicate heat, and it should never be sent to the dry cleaners. Well, now I know.....My advice is to order up at least one size than your normal size. Save all packaging. Wash in cold water on the gentle cycle, and line dry afterward. Once dry, try the dress(s) on again to see how much it shrunk. If it shrunk so much as to be small and uncomfortable, document it and send it back.I have not had a great deal of luck buying clothes on Amazon, but I am not keen on shopping at malls, so I keep trying my luck on Amazon. I may have to steel myself to start shopping at the mall again. Whilst the price point on these dresses is very good, if you cannot rely on them not to have problems like this even though you follow the washing instructions, then you are better off shopping the sales at Macy's, Neiman's, JCP, Lord & Taylor, Bergdorf's, etc., etc.So, to sum up, I really like the style, the fit, and the fabric, but I do not like the inconsistency in shrinkage and the aggravation of having to return dresses. I think the best way to avoid this problem is to size up, wash in cold, line dry, and then see how much your dress has shrunk. If necessary, send it back!ETA: Well, I reordered the solid black in XL. I washed in cold and put in the dryer on delicate for a few minutes. The dress was still quite damp out of the dryer. I hung it on a hanger on the shower rod to finish drying. I expected it would shrink 2 sizes like the M size did, but to my amazement, the XL did not shrink or only minimally. I thought I outsmarted this dress by ordering an XL to allow for shrinkage by 2 sizes, but this one did not shrink. I noted, too, that the fabric on this one seemed MUCH thinner than on the first ones I ordered. I am not sure what do now. Should I reorder the black in L or in M? Should I expect them to shrink or not? Will the fabric be very thin like this last XL was? The inconsistency in these dresses is really frustrating.... Your mileage may vary. Good luck!

Great comfortable t-shirt material dress. I ordered the navy blue with white dots. It has pink and black dots instead, which was actually a nice surprise.

This dress is very cute. The color is bright and vibrant. I am 5'3", but unlike with most maxis the length is just right and don't have to hem it. The only thing that would make this dress a 5 would be if it had pockets. I would buy this again.