Review on BABEYOND 1920S Flapper Dress Long Fringed Gatsby Dress Roaring 20S Sequins Beaded Dress Vintage Art Deco Dress by Adam Gardner

First of all this is a beautiful dress. I bought it to ring in 2020 in 1920's style. I recommend it!Would I say it's $50 quality? No. I think all the embroidery and sequin work bumps the price up. But it is certainly not the worst or cheapest garment I've received from Walmart. On the spectrum of cheap, Chinese-made clothing, I give this an 8 out of 10.My two issues with the dress are related to the fit:1. I ordered a medium per the size chart, mainly looking at the waist measurement because that is what usually determines if a garment will fit me or not. I know my waist in inches and ordered accordingly. I have a 29"-30" waist so I ordered the medium, which according to the size chart fits a 29"-31" waist. The dress is actually quite loose on me around the waist. And on the upper back area where the zipper finishes there is a large gap between my body and the dress. There's just so much extra room.2. In the photo, the top of the V design where the fringe hangs from basically starts up at the girls waist, the smallest part of her torso. Based off that expectation, the dress I received is more of a drop waist silhouette, and the top of the V begins way below my belly button. It also goes way down to mid/lower thigh. It is not nearly as short as pictured. Now, real 1920s flapper dresses were not form fitting, they were loose and definitely all had the drop waist.soooo technically the dress fit me in a historically accurate sense, but I live in Vegas I want it short and tight, duh :).It does not look the way the picture indicates, which is 99% to do with why we buy it, right? So based on that principle alone, it's a bummer. Ultimately I would have to be much larger around, have a much bigger chest, and be like 3-4 inches taller for this to fit accurately as shown in the picture.but I ordered according to actual measurements, so who knows.I have ordered a small, and in the meantime I am keeping the medium, pending return. If the small doesn't work out I will still wear the medium on New Years Eve :) I will be very, very comfortable and modest looking in it. And historically accurate, I guess.I don't want to say "it runs large, buy a size smaller than normal", but I would say it's cut a little looser and longer than indicated. If anything, know your hip measurements because that part has the least "give", and now that I've tried it on, I would say that's the most important.Undoubtedly the photo we see is an XS, and I think they just don't do the most accurate job of technically sizing them up from there.