My granddaughter is very skinny so I did put darts down two places in the back to pull in the waist for her. However, the material in the dress was good, I washed it in cold water and hung to dry and it has held up well. She loves that it has pockets and is longer (she wears a size 12 but is tall so it came to about the top of her shoes). I'm actually thinking about buying her another color of the same dress.