Review: WHBM Sheath Dress

Greetings loved ones, let's take a journey.

It's not often that I get to quote Snoop on the ol' blog (or anywhere, for that matter) so I'd better use it while I can. Let's go on a journey to White House Black Market for my very first item review.

I'm kind of shocked at myself for not thinking to do this sooner. While I try on A LOT of stuff, very little of it makes it home, so I'm gonna give you the low down on the goods that didn't make the cut. But before anybody gets up in arms, I'm not going to spend the post bashing the company for not tailoring everything to my gangly frame. Instead, I'll explain why it didn't work for me, but why it might for you.

I've mentioned that a friend of mine is getting married in October. She's asked me to be part of the ceremony, and told me get a black dress. No problem. I love black. Hellooo, White House Black Market.

And that's what I tried on. Yes, yes, it's a sheath. I know. I have like, 90 of them. But at least I know what works for me.

Well, I know what works in theory. I stepped into the dress and I immediately knew something was just... off. Even after I zipped, things were still a little weird. It fit the top half of my body, but the front was baggy. Not the entire front, mind you, just the pelvis. (I have this problem at Gap, too. I can't wear ANY of their pants because they just billow around my crotch-y region. I don't get it.)

Then I turned around and came face-to-butt with underwear lines--which isn't what normally happens when the front of the dress is too big. For one horrible second I thought I had grabbed a maternity dress (gaah!), but then I looked at the construction. The skirt curved in and flared out at the bottom, like a wiggle dress.

Ah. My butt was on the curve, instead of in the designated ass area. I was too tall for it.

I'm somewhere between 5'9" and 5'9½", depending on how slouchy I am that day. This dress is not for tall girls, unfortunately. But if you're an average height, or even slightly above, you can pull it off. It runs true-to-size, and the parts that fit me were very comfortable. Plus, you can wear it with a normal bra.

So that one didn't make it to Closet Ronchetti. Have you run into this problem before? Perhaps the opposite (although, you lucky short people have the petite section)? Do you have a go-to style that skips most of these issues? To the comments!