This dress is every bit the goddess dress it looks like in the pictures! However if you are short it's going to drag the ground in a way that will ruin the dress! If you're good with us sewing machine you could fix that right up. I did. The waistline has absolutely no stretch! I do not have a big waste and I felt suffocated by it. Might be able to clip some threads because I don't think they are essential. But I'll probably have to pull the whole waistline out and put some elastic in it instead. Should be simple enough but I shouldn't be having to fix things that I just bought! Is absolutely gorgeous! I cannot say that enough. But it's definitely made for tall people, and the waistline issue. Also the bra straps are a little weird because there's two but they do the same thing so why not just have one? And they tend to slip a little after you have them in place.