Black billow top dress - mini dress discontinued by Espiral - review by Beck

Espiral’s Lingerie presents black billow top dress. The dress is appropriate for public use. You could absolutely where it everywhere. I think this is the little black dress all woman should have.

Billow top dress is made of 93% polyester and 7% Elastan/Spandex. The material is very soft and nice on the skin. It is by no means itchy. It has the same feeling to it as bathing suit material, but with a more cloth like feel. The zippers on the shoulders are made of plastic. The plastic has a shiny silver coat on it that sparkles in the light. (I can see the shiny coat already chipping away. Be careful with the zippers, I have already broke one, but it still zips all the way.) The charm to pull the zipper is tear drop shaped and made of a silver metal. The material does tend to ride up(You are going to want to pull it down before sitting), but is really stretchy.

In order to put this dress on you must unzip the zippers and step into the dress. The dress has elastic bands from the bottom of the arm pits to the end of the dress, which gives the dress a bunched up effect that is really form fitting. Somehow the bunched up look creates a slimmer allusion and hides flaws. It really shows off your waist line; which is great if your waist line is slimmer than the rest of you. The top of the dress is designed like a T shirt. Where the seam would be on the sleeves, is the sparkly zipper. The zipper can be zipped up all the way or half way up. The half way up will give you an off the shoulder look and expose some of your cleavage. The neckline will not show very much cleavage when the zippers are all the way up. About 9” down from the collar is a stitched in crease, which is the built in version of a bra, that provides some support. You can wear any bra, if you would like. The length of the dress comes to about mid-thigh on me. (From my shoulder to my mid thigh is 25”, this is about 5“ from the bottom of my ass.)

Espiral’s Size chart
The black dress is available in sizes S-XL. The white is only available in M and L. I ordered the XL. (I usually wear 11/12 dress, XL dress, and size 13 jeans.) The XL fits my 40” bust so nicely, my 35” waist even nicer, and flatters my 40” hips. I am so pleased with the sizing on this dress. I got this dress to stretch up to 50” also. So this will fit more than the size chart says. Note that having larger breast or fuller figure will make the dress shorter. My breast are 40DDD, the dress was not that short on me. Also there was no issue with them fitting into the dress.

The tag is located on the right inside the dress along the seam. This is right about waist level. It has the symbol for hand washing only. The package says “wash separately, drip dry. Do not bleach. I have to agree with the washing instructions. You should store this dress on a hanger.

The dress comes packaged in a clear plastic envelope bag with a card board insert. The insert has many models pictured wearing Espiral’s lingerie. It is by no means discreet and should be wrapped if gifting.

Out of the three Espiral dresses I own this one, Open back in hot pink, and Cross back black dress. This one is my favorite. Everything about this dress is so lovely.

I still really love this dress. I did have an issue with the zipper. the stopper at the end of the zipper broke while I was jerking at the zipper too much. However, my mother in law was able to fix this by stitching the ends together. She had to do this enough times so it's sturdy enough to hold. And she stayed at the bottom, so my zipper is still functional.

At the time of publishing this review, images weren't something I was comfortable with, but now I am. So below is myself wearing the piece.