Bbonlinedress Women Short 1950s Retro Vintage Cocktail Party Swing Dresses

What a pretty dress. Great quality material. Stretchy and fits very well. I have not worn it but I cannot wait to have a reason to! Love the color! I can’t rave enough about it!! Fits to size! Stretchy so don’t go up a size or may not fit well.

This stylish dress is made very nice and it does hold you in. I highly recommend this cocktail dress and can't wait to wear it at a special wedding.

My only complaint is that there are NO POCKETS!!! (I assumed as much when buying the dress based on the description.) But since I’m capable of adding my own and the side-seam placement will make this relatively easy, it was more important to me to pick a style and fabric I liked. The fit and flare style is perfect for a curvy figure and the white on black polka dot pattern is adorable. The fabric is truly cotton except for a little polyester in the bust lining. This fabric will probably wrinkle a little more easily but at least it will *breath* —very important if you’re going dancing! I’m usually a size 14 (L/XL) but I ordered the 3XL because my bust measurement was in-between sizes and the cotton fabric has NO stretch. There’s a little looseness and gaping but I think I’m happier with this than if I’d ordered the smaller size. This is probably most appropriate for casual occasions but I plan to wear it with heels to a semi-formal wedding where there will be dancing and I want to be able to move comfortably.

This dress was exactly as I hoped. The quality of the fabric and stitching is good. In the 3rd picture you can see the lining in the bodice. It is very comfortable, snug around the lower ribs, waistline is just above my natural waistline, as most dresses of this style are. This means it doesn't squeeze at the waist, which is nice. I got a size small. I am 5'4, 123-ish pounds. I was concerned about the bodice with this style. I am a 34A and this style bodice usually doesn't fit real well no matter what. This fits but not as snug as I would like, but that is what I expected. It comes a bit low on me for my comfort so I put an insert in the neckline (first picture). I think it still looks nice, though. In the first picture I have a petticoat on underneath, in the second picture I do not. I think it looks good both ways, even without it. The blue color with the white dots looks great. Love the color. When I first put it on the seam at the bottom of the bodice was folded up and made the fabric look bunched up. When I figured out why it looked that way, I just folded the seam down inside and it is fine. I have not yet steamed this dress so the wrinkles you see are how it came out of the package, it has been hanging for a few days but that is it. Needs to be steamed but doesn't look too bad. The length is perfect, exactly what I wanted. I would definitely recommend this dress.

The dress fit great! Fabric was nice and had some give to it so even if I overate it would probably still be comfortable. I could move and breath fine and at no time felt like I was squeezing myself into a dress. The problem with it though was the zipper. It got stuck when I first tried it on and I shrugged it off because I was able to get it to function correctly and at first glance it didn't appear to be damaged. However the night of the event I bought this for, the zipper split open along the teeth. I was able to get it off and realigned twice but the 3rd time, as I was walking to the venue a few blocks away I felt it split again. I stopped in a bathroom to remove the dress and discovered that this time the zipper pull had completely snapped apart. Thankfully I had a shawl to cover the dress because there was no time to turn around. Concierge service was also great and provided me some safety pins. I'm giving stars because it was definitely pretty and the fabric itself felt sturdy. But the zipper was super cheap. Thankfully I know how to sew so I replaced the zipper myself rather than put myself through the headache of taking a 2nd chance of this happening again.

Cute and flattering

Was very beautiful. Fit was exactly as described. I purchased a crinoline to Ginger it and it was so beautiful!!

Loved this super cute dress, unfortunately had to return as it was too small in the chest and they didn't have it in the large.

I bought the dress for an on-stage appearance, looking for a simple little black dress with a retro appeal. The fabric is good, sturdy quality cotton. The v-neck draped front is flattering and sexy, but not too revealing, and for middle-aged ladies like myself I prefer the litte wing-like short sleeves to spaghetti straps. The top of the dress covers bra straps perfectly well, even when dancing; always a plus. I bought 2X large, being a tall, statuesque person, and for me the waistline is a little to high up - or my torso is too long - but the dress fits fine and overall looks really cute. The elastic waistline makes changing without help easier (there is a long zipper in the back that takes some contortionist ability to zip completely by yourself) and makes for a very comfy outfit. Careful: when sitting down in hot weather and sweating, the fabric really crumples and will not hang back out without ironing.

Gorgeous dress

Lovely dress. Fits very well, looks elegant

Colour was lovely , wasn’t over generous stretch in it , but fitted quite well on the body I’m a pear shaped body , so skimmed over body & was flattering on, length was well below knee & perhaps a little to long for me 5ft 1, but it was fine for what I needed it for .

Lovely dress - nice fit and well made. The waist is at a flattering height and there's actually enough room in the chest area without the dreaded gaping! I would usually go for a 16, (14 at a push) and found the 2XL fits perfectly. It's the second dress I have from this seller and have been very happy with both.