Mac DuggalEmbellished Floral Gown

I reconstructed the sleeves/cape slightly to make it work for me

The color and fit of the dress are as pictured. It's lovely. However, I did not realize from the website that the sleeves sort of wrapped around the back of the dress like a cape. Therefore, when I raised my arms out to the side, they were connected all around the back of the dress (like bat wings). In addition, the sleeves were very long and came down to my elbows. (Note: I have short arms, long torso, short legs, 34B, and only 5'2"). The sleeves were also just attached at the shoulder, so if the wind blew toward me, they would fly up and out and show my arms completely, which I didn't want. I had my amazing seamstress cut the sleeves off the back, essentially removing the cape. She then had to trim down the sleeves because now there was a lot of extra fabric. They were still attached at the shoulder, but she also tacked them in the front and back just off the shoulder so they would feel like a flutter sleeve but wouldn't fly away and show my arms. She also cut the sleeves with a raw cut. In fact, cutting the sleeves allowed the waist band to show much better. She also cut about 5" off the bottom and then added many of the flowers from the cut fabric back onto the bottom of the dress to maintain the look at the bottom. In addition, once she cut the cape off the back, she had to add flowers to the top back of the dress because the cape had flowers on it but the under part didn't. I've attached different pics to show these different areas. It was worth all the work because I loved the dress and got many compliments. It was different than all the other dresses at the wedding. The dress was true to size. I'm curvy on the bottom but only a 34B. The bust was a little loose as you can see in the pics, so if your bigger busted, you've got room. I paired it with simple accessories as the dress does all the talking (3" strappy navy sandals, silver jewelry, and a simple but elegant matte silver clutch).