Bought this dress for my daughter who normally wears size 14-16 dresses but this dress didn't even come close to fitting her. Luckily I have a younger daughter who wears size 7-8 dresses and they fit her very well. We just had to shorten it a bit. We ended up removing the ruffle, shortening the dress and putting the ruffle back on. A lot of work, but we are happy with the end result.