I ordered a size up after reading some reviews that said to, and that worked well for me. The top has a nice, flowy look, which is both pleasant to look at and flattering on my figure. The hood can look odd, dangling down in the back as if it were an inside-out pocket, but this is a fixable problem: tugging on the strings lets me bunch it in a way where it looks fine, and it will stay as it's put. The dangling strings themselves do look slightly odd, though. Tying them together looks worse than See full review