I tried on this dress in Nov. at a store near my home. I tried on a size 2. I wasn't even interested in the dress, but they sales lady put me in it because it was one of the few in the store that were a small size. I really loved the dress (I tried it on more than once, I wandered around the store in it, etc). One of my BM was with me and she liked it as well. I didn't get emotional and teary-eyed about the dress, but I felt a rush and I thought there was something to that. Anyway. . .
I tried on the same dress, size 10, in a different shop, yesterday to show my grandmother (we were in her town, which is 3 hours from my town, where I tried on the dress the first time). The 10 didn't fit nearly as well, obviously, but the sales lady insisted I would need an 8 and that would be the best fit. She wouldn't clip the dress ("We don't even need to use the clips."), she just pulled it tight around the top with her hand because she said that was the only place it didn't fit well. I felt really disappointed looking in the mirror because the dress just hung off of me and didn't really look nice at all. I didn't even try on any other dresses in that shop because I felt bad about how it looked and couldn't believe the sales lady telling me an 8 would be the best fit for me. She was very insistent and when my grandmother and I questioned the sizing, the sale lady turned it into an issue of me just not wanting to admit I need a bigger size and told us that she'd had size 0 girls come in and get upset when they were told they needed a bigger size. I wasn't upset about the number. I just felt disappointed because the dress looked amazing when I tried the 2 but I looked frumpy in the 10 and I can't imagine one size smaller would make me look much less frumpy.
The size 2 was too tight and it zipped in the back, but the lady at that shop told me the dress could be ordered with a corset back, in which case it could be laced up just right (not too tight, like it was zipped up). That sales lady said she'd recommend a size 2 or 4 (to be safe), but not once did she say I'd need an 8.
My questions are (sorry for the lengthy intro.!),
1. Does anyone have this dress, did you have issues with sizing? Please share your experiences with this style & other Casablanca dresses! That would be so helpful!
2. Should I just try to find the dress in another shop and see how they handle the sizing? Maybe it was just a bad shop experience. . .
Any help or advice anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. I may or may not be a crazy person and I'm just dying to know.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!