It arrived in a sealed plastic bag, shorter than the length of dress, so I immediatlely opened bottom of bag. Please be careful, two silica packs dropped on the floor. The bottom of dress is wrinkled because of not fitting in the bag. I hung it up hoping they would fall out, but they are still there slightly. The tag states to hand wash and line dry. Maybe steam for the wrinkles? Don't hold me to that, proceed with caution.

The color is a deep purple. Not bright and not blue like some of the contributor's pictures look. I really like the color combined with the black fishnet overlay. Personally, I think the color would look great with any skin tone. I am pale and I still think it is a nice color for me. I would love to see this on someone with dark skin. I think it would look even better.

The cut is an empire waist. The "waist" is right at the bottom of the bust line. If you want to maximize your bust, this is the way to do it! Below that, it flares out toward the bottom without flaring in at the waist. The product page picture is very accurate as to the fit. Form fitting, yet does not cling at the hem line. It is very unforgiving in its clinging to my stomach area. It's funny that the wrinkles even show in the picture.

The black studs are plastic but do look okay. They do not extend to the back and are merely along the bust line. Due to the 3-D pyramid shape of the beads, they reflect light as if they are shimmery even though they are a solid black. I imagine this would be fantastic on the dance floor.

I love fishnet, so I have no complaints. I was not able to wear this out so I cannot speak to how easily they may snag. They are a separate layer on top of the purple fabric and is sewn along all the seams. I like that the fishnet covers everywhere except the black piping at the very top and the beads.

The straps are removable and adjustable. They look just like thin bra straps. One thing I do not like is that the loops where the straps attach show in front and back. That makes no sense to me since it is meant to be worn strapless if you so choose. You can see this in the close up picture below. Also, be careful not to let the loops you hang it by peek out the sides.

Speaking of hanging, I love the hanger. It is typical in the sense that it is padded. What's different near the end of each side there is a metal button that keeps the hanging loops from slipping off. The packaging reminds me of high end clothes because there are no tags or pins in any of the fabric.

Eden carries two other similar products by Coquette. A bustier and a babydoll. The babydoll is the only one available in plus sizes and it only goes up to 1x/2x.

I like it from a distance. I was really surprised it worked strapless for me.


In the tummy area it fit so tight that it indented at my belly button.

I had planned on returning this, but I just can't part with it. I'm just so excited to have found a strapless dress option that works on me. I received many compliments on it, and I'm sure it's fine to wear as is. However, for my own confidence level, I am saving this until I lose just a few pounds. Even if I lose some weight, it's still going to be difficult to remove because of how tight it is around my ribcage. But it's just so cute!