I'm a huge fan of Norma Kamali's designs and have been since I was a teen in the '80s. One of my friends had a red jumpsuit with a black-and-red-striped wide stretchy belt and it was the bomb. I also have (and love) a black Poly Lycra All In One Tunic, ordered from Kamali's main website. That said, I was initially excited and then bummed out about this
dress. I'm 5'11", 145 lbs., and normally wear a
dress size 6-8. I ordered the M (listed as 8-10), but the
dress is very small and snug. It wasn't uncomfortably tight, but the poly-lycra material in the Kamali Kulture garments is much thinner and therefore clingier than in the original Kamali poly-lycra garments, so the
dress clings all over. I could see the entire outline of my undergarments, top and bottom, all the way around -- even the lace pattern of my bra. I don't think sizing up to an L would fix this because the thin fabric would do the same thing wherever it touches my body. A thicker poly-lycra would hang and drape better on me, so I'll probably stick to the Kamali originals. I do applaud Kamali's effort to bring her fabulous designs to a wider audience with lower pricing and availability on Zappos.com, though. Oh, and the red color of the
dress is gorgeous.