Cartmel Gingham Check Maxi Dress

This dress is cute! I imaged it being more of an ivory white and charcoal pattern. It’s more of a dark cream and charcoal dark grey which is fine. HOWEVER - the fabric has neon yellow and blue thread in the pattern which doesn’t stand out a ton but is definitely noticeable up close. I’m 5’1 so I had to hem the dress about 7 inches for it to fall at my ankles. Another thing to note is that the dress doesn’t have lining - and it’s a bit see through in the sun. Overall I still think the dress is cute but it’s a bit spendy for something that’s isn’t very high in quality.

Although the dress is beautiful, the material is pretty thin and you’ll either need to wear nude underwear and/or a slip. The zipper was also not the highest quality and catches every time I try to zip it up. It’s pretty, but lacks quality (and pockets).

Wanted to love this dress but it didn’t hit right. I had to order two of them, the straps on the first one were not symmetrical and one pulling to the right, the second one had pulled zipper when it arrived. There is also some blue within the pattern which is hard to see in the stock photos.

I really wanted to love this dress, but unfortunately the quality is not up to par. It feels like it's from Target. The bust part is particularly small and pucker in the back and the zipper was broken on top of all of that. It came used and smelled like laundry detergent, as if it were laundered and returned. It's really criminal to charge this much for such a low quality item. I will not be buying from Princess Polly again.

I wore it all summer and now I’m pulling it out for fall! On warm days, it’s perfect. The black and khaki color are on point. When it’s cooler out, I throw on my black cardigan or denim jacket. It’s been my favorite purchase of 2025.

I really like this dress! I bought the color in person, which is not what’s reflected on the site. I would definitely look at photos from previous posts if you were more interested in black. The dress is a bit long on me, but I’ll be wearing with boots so it’s okay!