Zahra Asymmetric Cutout Long Sleeve Cocktail Dress

The look of this dress super sexy! But I followed reviews I read of House of CB dresses on here in general, and decided to size up. I’m usually a Medium/8 in dresses, small waist, hips, I bought an XL A-C and I’m glad I did! Could have never gotten anything smaller! I received the dress damaged. Both arms had holes in them, brought it to the store 45 min away and alterations said they’d have to deconstruct the arms and re do them…. Annoying as I needed it for an event out of the country and it’s sold out site-wide. The deep V would’ve been better for construction if it was a wire so that you can form it to hold your boobs in but it’s a tough plastic rod so definitely need boob tape! The shoulders don’t stay on so might need tape for that too. The lining is weird, could’ve done without it. It’s flattering nevertheless, just need to take heed to the little issues that can become bigger issues.

This is such a hot dress but a word of caution, the construction of it is abosolutely terrible. Runs like 1-2 sizes too small. I got the XL with fuller cup which fits through the torso and hip, but the cups were too big along the outer edges which anyone with large boobs knows they hang downwards, not up and outwards. There is no boning through the bodice or wire under the cup which means zero support for fuller chests. There was excess fabric hanging around the zipper. Plus the dress lining gets zero airflow and you'll work up a sweat just standing still. Conceptually the dress is smoking hot but fails on execution. This is not a dress for big-busts and its beyond disappointing.