Product Review: Whitney Long Dress {sigh, pretty!}

Solid Silk Chiffon Whitney Long Dress
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Item 11429
Regular: $325.00

After seeing this dress online, I fell in love. I thought it was so pretty, in both the solid and printed version (click here), in its simple elegance.

"Thanks!" to Anon at 11:16 PM (in this post) who shared with us her great review.

I looked around to see if anyone else had purchased this dress yet to no avail. I ordered this dress in black in the hopes of wearing it to a semi-formal masquerade ball for Mardi Gras. I paid full price and the dress arrived folded on a plastic hanger, wrapped in a plastic bag and shoved in the box. I can overlook packaging but for 325.00 I would at least like it wrapped nicely in tissue.

Anyhoo this dress is a hot mess, it hangs like dish rag and is not as full as it appears on J Crew. The chiffon has an odd smell and texture, and the dress drapes strangely. Perhaps if I sent it to a dry cleaner the drape could be improved, and I would not attempt to iron this dress myself.

I am 5'10 and ordered a size 8, it fits true to size, however the bust area is small and the dress is fitted with an interior strap for support in the back, but no boning or support underneath. Unless you are very small chested this dress will not work. I am a 34 C, and the extra interior strap makes it impossible to wear another type of strapless bra.

The length of this dress does not work for me, not long enough for heels, too long for flats. This dress is going back to J Crew ASAP.

I would not buy this dress on final clearance with 20% off and free shipping. It looks cheap and I am truly disappointed that J Crew is trying to pass this off as "stunning", the only thing stunned right now is my credit card.

"Thanks!" again to Anon at 11:16 PM (in this post) for her great review! I appreciate her honesty about how the dress didn't meet expectations and the reasons why. I think chiffon is a tricky fabric- sometimes the item of chiffon drapes beautifully, other times it looks awful.

What are your thoughts on the Whitney Long Dress? Are you considering or already have purchased this dress (in either the solid or print version)? Have you seen this dress in person? If so, please share with us your reviews too! :)