When I first saw this, I was in love. As classy and elegant as it looks, I knew I just had to have it. I pictured myself wearing it in the bedroom, out to dinner, to clubs, etc. In my head, I looked great in this. Unfortunately reality did not live up to my expectations due to fit issues.

If this does fit you, however, it is a great multi-purpose piece of lingerie. You can wear it out to dinner with a pair of nice jeans, or you can wear it in the bedroom with a sexy pair of panties. This can be a casual top, or it can be an elegant special occasion piece. If it fits you, it's the ideal piece of lingerie.

What's Included:
When you purchase this babydoll, you will receive the top, and two optional shoulder straps. You will also receive a hanger. Matching panties are, unfortunately, not included.

Sizing:
Coquette has made this piece available in small, medium, and large. I ordered the large.

A large should fit someone with the following measurements:
Bust: 38-40
Waist: 30-32
Hips: 40-42
Cup size: C-cup.

According to the bust, waist and hip measurements, I should have fit into this piece. The cup size, however, was something I had doubts on, as I typically wear either a large c-cup or small d-cup. With Coquette, I can usually fit into a large (and in some cases even a medium), so I decided to take the chance on this item. Unfortunately there was no way that the girls were fitting into this piece. Truthfully, I don't see how this would work for anything over a very small c-cup, even in the large.

If you do decide to take a chance on this item, the most important measurement seems to be ones bust/cup size. This is because the lower portion of the piece has a bit of stretch to it, whereas the bust portion doesn't seem to offer any give.

Material and Care:
This beautiful piece is made out 100% polyester according to the tag. The product page does state that this is made of satin, as well, but there is no mention of the satin on the tag. The piece does have a very soft, satiny feel to it -- aside from the 'velvet belt' that separates the bust portion from the lace. The velvety portion is also very soft, however one should note that it seems to attract lint, hair, and dust like crazy -- which can make the piece appear a bit cheap, rather than elegant. Thankfully that is nothing that a lint roller can't fix.

To care for this item, you will want to hand wash it, and hang it to dry.

Design:
This piece has a great design to it. Firstly, it is put on a bit like a corset, with the hooks going down the back of it. There are two options for hooks, so it's fairly adjustable -- but not very.

The corset feel and look is continued when looking at the bust area. The bust area has 10 pieces of plastic boning in it. The boning will allow the piece to provide some bust support, but it will also sort of flatten the girls (which, in my opinion, is not a very good look -- but to each their own).

There is a velvet belt/trim that separates the bust portion from the lower half. On the velvet trim, there is a removable bow. The piece looks just as nice with or without the bow.

The lower half of the babydoll is the lace portion. There are three tiers of lace, which give the baby doll a sort of "flow-y" appearance, which is an interesting contrast from the very structured top half.

If you're worried about the lace portion feeling itchy around your midsection -- don't be. there is solid layer hidden underneath the lace, which will make it so that your midsection does not touch the lace.

This piece also features optional straps. The straps are adjustable, and will be useful in providing additional bust support to those who need it.

Packaging:
This piece arrived wrapped in plastic, with a plastic hanger. The packaging was simple, but effective. It kept the piece protected during shipping, and the hanger provided me with a way to instantly store it.

Quality:
All in all, this is a high quality piece. There were a few places where the threads seemed to hang a little, but that is nothing that a little trimming can't fix.

Well, it's not really fair to say that I still don't like this as it IS a quality piece, and if it fit me, I would've LOVED it... but, as it didn't? I didn't like it in the start, and I don't quite like it now.

I tried everything to make this work. I ended up going out and buying a sort of corset extender (an additional little strap of hooks to attach to it), hoping that if I could make it just a tiny bit bigger it'd work for me. I was able to make it so that this piece would fit, but this piece just did not look good on me.

I had to force my breasts down into it in a way that looked (and felt) completely unnatural. It did give me a ton of really strange looking cleavage, but that cleavage was not attractive. In fact, my guy laughed when he saw it, and that is not the reaction that I was hoping for.

After trying it on many times, and going back and forth with what to do? I finally decided to return this.