Flawless cami and short - camisole set discontinued by Seven 'til Midnight - review by Dawn (Lilac Distraction)

Okay, it can't be hard to get something so simple very wrong. A camisole top and some shorts. Sounds easy enough. My only reaction to this set is "What the hell were they thinking?" In the picture it looks totally cute. The top fits well on the model. The shorts are a little flowy, but in a nice way. Looks like a worthwhile item. When I pulled this out of my order I was immediately disappointed with it. I had ordered the Sweet Sensations pajama set by Seven Till Midnight at the same time and figured that this would be the same impressive quality that that one had considering the price was about the similar for both of them, but that wasn't the case at all. I mean, same price, less material, should actually be better, right? Nope. It's a shame.

Issue Number One: Material

You'd think that the same company would use the same material for things of, well, the same material. The other set was incredibly nice and the satin was great. I would have paid twice as much for it. With this, though, you get a dull, incredibly thin "satin" that feels more like shiny paper than something you'd want to wear. I just screams cheap. In fact, it's not even shiny. It looks incredibly dull and is lacking on the slinky side. It's missing the softness, silkiness, and smooth look to be something enjoyable to put on. I couldn't believe that there was such a huge difference between these pieces. I got this set because I thought I could wear the camisole top with the pants of the other set and it would work well together. Same company should have a same quality, right? Nope. It just makes the material of this one look that much worse. I feel like I bought this out of the dollar store when I put it on.

Issue Number Two: Fit

Who the hell did they design this for? I'm a tiny lady weighing in at 100 pounds, and standing at about 5'5. Obviously there are a lot of things that don't fit me, but the other set I got from them worked incredibly well. This one was a disaster. The top fits me in the breasts, which would be fine considering my somewhat small natured bust, but the sides gapped up horribly. For this to fit right on someone they'd have to have virtually no chest, and seeing as I'm a 32B that's what I consider myself to be. So, I guess it would work well for someone who was a 36A? Then there were the shorts. Ugh. Horrid. From the picture you can see that they don't really look like shorts at all. When comparing those to the top it just looks like something is wrong there. They look quite large. I slipped those on and they barely even stayed up, and they looked ridiculous. Even if the waist band were to fit someone they'd still be way too skirt-like to even look attractive. It just looks like you're wearing some pair of ill-fitting booty shorts and that's not attractive at all.

Issue Number Three: Design

Okay, again, this shouldn't have been such a hard thing to get right. Obviously the design flaws were a part of the fit issues. The empire-waist top of this thing was all wrong. I'm skinny. They usually work well for me. This disaster was an exception. The top was way too fluffy and I felt like I was six months pregnant with it on. Pair that with the weird cups and gaps on the sides and that's not attractive in the least. Not to mention, those overly flowy shorts. My legs were drowning in them and I felt like I would be better off wearing a pair of underwear. It would have offered much more coverage and been more pajama like than this. It's like you're wearing some short barely there skirt, but not in a cute way. Someone with a curvier figure may end up falling all out of it, and that's even less attractive for the bottoms than it is for the top.

In case you couldn't tell, I really hate this. It seemed like a hard idea to get wrong, but that's what happened here. I mean, the pajama set I got from the same company impressed me in every way it possibly could, but then you have this travesty in pajama sets and I don't know what to think. Perhaps someone had had a little too much to drink when they designed this?

Normally I'd sit here and tell you sizing info, throw in a few pictures, and go into detail about things but it's really not even worth it. I don't even want to put it on again for the sake of a few photos. Don't waste your money on this because it's not even worth the time you spend contemplating buying it.

Well, let's not be too negative here. If you have a completely flat chest, are incredibly pregnant, and have hips almost twice the size of your bust it might work for you.

I'm really tempted to just throw this away. It just looks so cheap! The shorts are way too big to wear and it gaps up horribly in the top. This is quite strange seeing as everything else I've gotten from the company fits wonderfully. Unless you find this in a clearance bin somewhere for maybe $3 it's totally not even worth it.