I've had this dress for about three months now. Wore it to a dinner in Shoreditch, a gallery thing in East London, and once just to a friend's flat because I couldn't be bothered to change. It worked every time.
The fit is close — genuinely close, not "fitted" in the way fast fashion uses that word. Knee-length, which I was slightly unsure about before it arrived. I usually go shorter. But the proportion is right. It doesn't feel conservative, just clean.
The seams are minimal and you notice it. I've worn latex pieces before where the panelling cuts across the hip in a way that draws attention to the wrong place. This doesn't do that. The surface reads as one piece, which is the whole point of the silhouette.
Black latex in good light is a different thing to black latex under fluorescent office lighting. Worth knowing. At the dinner it looked sharp and a bit severe in a way I liked. At the gallery it caught the spotlights and looked almost wet. Neither was a bad outcome.
One thing: the zip at the back is smooth but you'll want someone to help if you're doing it up alone. Not a flaw exactly, just the reality of the construction. I've managed solo but it takes a minute.
Care is straightforward. Wipe down after wearing, roll rather than hang, keep it away from anything with a rough edge. I use a shine spray before going out — takes thirty seconds and makes a visible difference.
The made-to-measure part matters more than I expected. I sent my measurements and the fit came back exact. No pulling across the shoulders, no extra fabric at the waist. Latex doesn't forgive a bad fit the way jersey does, so getting this right from the start saves a lot of frustration.
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