Name: Diane von Furstenberg
Brand: Diane von Furstenberg
SKU: DVF12
Price: 112 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

I loved this dress and felt just right at a debutante ball I attended as a guest. It was not flashy but was sophisticated and classic. The fit was very forgiving. I could have easily gone down to a size 4 but the larger 6 still worked. As other reviews have noted, you MUST have fabric tape or will need to tack the front closed unless you want a plunging neckline. I am 5'9'' and had plenty of length in the L to wear 2-3 inch heels. Would definitely rent it again. (My daughter is pictured with me in a Nicole Miller that she rented from RTR.)

This dress was exactly what I was looking for - conservative, classic, and beautiful. I wore it to a black-tie awards gala in front of the mayor, county commissioners, and other VERY important people. I wanted something conservative, yet tasteful. It was a hit. Got lots of compliments and I felt beautiful in it. It does run large. I am about 140 lbs, 5' 4" and usually wear a 6 dress size, and wore a 2R in this one and it surprisingly fit perfect. Since it is baggy and loose fitting, it wasn't too snug and it was roomy. The front v-neck does hang down low, so I just pinned it since I didn't want to show cleavage. 

It's super loose and flowy. Had to fashion tap it closed. 

I normally wear a 6 but only a size 2 was available which fit nicely, I think it would have looked good in a larger size also as I think it's supposed to be flowy. I usually hate when long dresses are too short (which happens most of the time for me) but this one looked fine because the material at the bottom is very light with different layers. I didn't end up wearing the belt because the color of it looked faded like it had been dry cleaned a few too many times. Overall, beautiful, comfortable dress! 

The dress was lovely.  Pretty color, floaty and silky.  The size definitely runs big (maybe I should should have used a 4?);  I would have been lost without the fashion tape at the neck.  In the end, although I liked the dress, I could have used something with a little more glitz and perhaps more form fitting for this holiday Xmas charity ball, especially when my date has more jewelry than I do!  This is perhaps a better dress for a less formal affair.

I ordered the 6R and 2R since the 4R was not avail.  I had read that the dress runs large and that is very true. I wore the 2R and had to use double sided fashion tape to tape the dress to my torso to make it fit.  I also had to use a safety pin in the waist to make the dress more form fitting as it was very loose. The belt that came with the dress was a whole different shade of purple and looked bad when I put it on since there was such a color variation.  It would be helpful if when packing the rental for shipment that they had tried to match a belt that matched the color of the dress.  Even the two dresses were different colors as I am assuming the color difference comes from having them professionally dry cleaned.  The size 2 was a lighter shade and had more obvious wear than the 6 which was a deep beautiful plum color however it was way too big and I could not wear it.  I had a long black satin belt that I used and it worked okay.  The material of the dress gets wrinkled very easily so make sure if you are renting this that you have time to have it steamed out before your event.  My other rentals from the runway had always been able to wear upon removal from the bag so I was kind of taken back and how much I had to do to make this dress wearable.  I had even contacted  RTR to tell them that I was not going to be wearing the dress because intially I was so disappointed when I put it on.  But I had not choice as my event was the next day and I had nothing to wear.  So after a whole container of double sided fashion tape I was able to manuver the dress enough to make it wearable and it worked.  I did get compliments on the dress and I felt good in it after about an hour of messing with it.  So just be patient if you rent this dress as you will need to make some minor adjustments or in my case major.  The length was perfect and I am short...so keep that in mind too.  

Diane von Furstenberg

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