Customer Reviews Arc'teryx Contenta Dress

Love everything about it, except that there is zero room for hips or booty. If you have a hourglass shape, the top will fit you perfectly, but the bottom is super tight. Not comfortable or flattering.

Definetly not the great styling of the Cala dress from last year. Loose large fit no shape . A real dissapointment. The pockets and hidden zip pocket are thebone redeaming feature. The Cala dress fro thebpast collectiin was one of the best designed well fitted casual yet stylish fantastic pattern wit a lovely neckline nice front details great darts wonderful hidden pockets nicely fitted back for a shapely silhouette. Pleasebplease please bring it back in new colours.

I have no idea why Arcteryx would mess with the perfection that was the contenta and contenta shift. I would have bought one in every decent staple color. Sad. The contenta shift was the most perfect dress ever.

I have 8 different colour of the older version of the Contenta shift and Contenta dress, I love it! This new version looks like a potato sack - even on the model. Arcteryx seems to be making a lot of design and fitting changes to their products and are losing their focus. They need to stay on track with excellent cut, fabric and functional designs. I am disappointed with a number of the "revised " designs this year.

I am 5'2 and weigh 112 lbs. this dress and all of arc teryx dresses just hang on me. Wish they would come out with a XXS

This was way too short for me, even if I didn't pull the drawstring. Might work out better on a very petite woman. I also thought sizing ran small.

Another product made for a square, thick, fat torso, and skinny legs. This collection is terrible! Arc'teryx used to be so elegant! Women do not have bodies like that!. The fabric is great, but this design is soo ugly, the dress looks cheap and does not fit anyone.

I purchased this a month ago at a retail store, as I have lived many years wearing my years old contenta shift. This version is not the same quality. I found it uncomfortable and unflattering.

Please bring back the old Contenta Shift Dress-It's my go to dress! The shift dress is so cute, classy, sporty, and flattering. This dress is just not the same & the fit is not as flattering.

Loved the original. With the drawstring left loose it was a nice shift dress that you could wear out in the evening to a restaurant with nice sandals and a wrap. You could wear it the next day with sneakers. Or at the beach as a cover up and walk straight to a cafe without looking like you've come from the beach. This version just doesn't feel as versatile because the high collar is frumpy. I am putting on sunscreen anyway so I'd rather have a more versatile and stylish dress and spread the sunscreen a few more centimetres! I would suggest that you go back to the original. I'm afraid I just won't buy this one.

Due du nouveau design. Encolure trop petite, moins confortable au cou et cre un look moins classique passe partout. Svp revenir l'ancien modle. J'en prendrais de diffrentes couleurs. J'adore l'ancien modele que j'ai!

Like many others it seems, I am not a fan of this redesign. I own several of these dresses, purchased at different points over the years. I have pretty broad shoulders and bust, so I do enjoy the additional room there, but find the higher neckline uncomfortable. Additionally, since I wear mine to work in a warehouse, I'm often layering shirts over the top in winter and the high neck shows above the collars. The lack of a plastic lock to cinch the waist is annoying as I now have to tie /untie knots to adjust it and get it to stay put. However, the pocket placement in this version compared to the old versions is the real deal breaker. My other dresses have patch style pockets placed a bit further back on sides/hips. These pockets are the reason I bought so many of this dress. They were deep enough to fit my binoculars while hiking, my wallet and phone while shopping, or to stick my RF in at work. The new ones however are in seam bag style pockets. While still roomy, they now sit in front of my thighs/knees and whatever I end up putting in them bounces around down by my knees when I walk/run. They lay funny and kind of bag out even when empty. And the bottoms of them end up peeking out from under the hem when I sit down. I hate these pockets so much I'm considering sewing the seams closed and just cutting them off. I unfortunately won't be buying anymore of this design and can't recommend it.

Like many others it seems, I am not a fan of this redesign. I own several of these dresses, purchased at different points over the years. I have pretty broad shoulders and bust, so I do enjoy the additional room there, but find the higher neckline uncomfortable. Additionally, since I wear mine to work in a warehouse, I'm often layering shirts over the top in winter and the high neck shows above the collars. The lack of a plastic lock to cinch the waist is annoying as I now have to tie /untie knots to adjust it and get it to stay put. However, the pocket placement in this version compared to the old versions is the real deal breaker. My other dresses have patch style pockets placed a bit further back on sides/hips. These pockets are the reason I bought so many of this dress. They were deep enough to fit my binoculars while hiking, my wallet and phone while shopping, or to stick my RF in at work. The new ones however are in seam bag style pockets. While still roomy, they now sit in front of my thighs/knees and whatever I end up putting in them bounces around down by my knees when I walk/run. They lay funny and kind of bag out even when empty. And the bottoms of them end up peeking out from under the hem when I sit down. I hate these pockets so much I'm considering sewing the seams closed and just cutting them off. I unfortunately won't be buying anymore of this design and can't recommend it.

Nice dress, but fabric pill badly after light use in 3 weeks, 2 gentle wash