Faux Suede Jacket

I am 5'8" tall with a 40C bust and a mature, curvy size 14/16 frame. I ordered size 14 in this jacket. PROS: The faux suede is very soft and is a good weight for this garment. I like the subtle gather on the front yoke. Garment length is as shown. Fit is true to size. CONS: The color is lighter than shown, with a slight cool green undertone. The bright silver zipper is distracting, as it should have been gold or gunmetal for this garment. The sleeves are ruched on the inside of the arm, which pulls the length up too short on me. The raw seams are not finished well - loose threads, uneven edges, white interfacing and extra material bits showing. Not the quality expected from this brand.

I read to size down so I got a 6 instead of an 8. I wish I would have gotten the 8. The 6 is tight if I try to zip it up. It’s sold out so can’t order the 8. It’s pretty but will have to return it. Three stars because of reading reviews about sizing down because it is supposed to run large. It’s doesn’t.

The brown is much darker in real life than it appears online. I still liked the color, just an FYI. This fit me well in the size I expected and was soft and comfortable. So here’s why I’m not keeping it. This looked shapely when it was zipped up but hung weird and made me look larger when it was unzipped. It sort of bagged out. I would often wear something like this unzipped, so that’s a deal breaker for me. The other problem, which another reviewer mentioned, is the color of the zipper. Very shiny silver. You can’t tell online but in person, it pulls focus and is not good. It should be a matte gold or something dark to look better. Unfortunate.

I agree with the other reviewers that this jacket does not run large. It’s true to size to maybe even a bit small. Beautiful chocolate brown suede. Rouching on sleeves was a surprise, I missed that in the description. Cut too short on the body for us tall girls, wish there was a tall option. Not sure if keeping.