Lace up front dress - gown by Leg Avenue - review by Jul!a

I was looking for a way to expand my lingerie collection into the less risque side, so I went browsing and I found a few neat little gems that I purchased, and this was one of them. I definitely don't regret it.

So starting with the packaging. Nothing out of the ordinary from Leg Avenue; black box with a large picture of the model on the front and a smaller picture on the back. Peek-a-boo windows allow you to see inside and get a sneak preview of the garment you're about to remove from the box. The mini dress is folded very neatly inside of a small plastic bag.

The color matched up almost perfectly to what I saw online and to the picture on the box and I thought it looked even prettier in person.

I laid it flat to take measurements of everything, and I'll put them in a list format to try and prevent any confusion.

- Back of dress from top of back to bottom of lace: about 20"
- Front of dress from top of cup to bottom of lace: about 24"
- Bottom of dress from side seam to side seam: 15" but stretches up to 22"
- The top of the dress underneath the cups stretches up to 17" and laid completely flat measures about 11" across. But this is because the top band across the back is made out of elastic to allow for different sizes to be more easily accommodated.
- The cup: top to bottom flat measures 6" and stretches up to almost 9" and across the bottom of each cup measures about 8" across.
- The straps are adjustable with the shortest range being 10" and the longest being 20"

Something that I found to be rather neat about this little dress was the fact that the cups almost seem to wrap around to the side much like a bra, to ensure that you're only popping out if you want to be. Another neat feature of this dress is the fact that the ribbons that lace up the front are actually adjustable. For me I left them how they were, but you can tighten or loosen them as much as you want.

The sizing guide for this dress is "one size fits most" which is definitely not true. It fit me well and there is definitely some room for stretch but there will be limits. I wear a B cup and I measure about 28 1/2" underneath my bust and I stand at about 5'2" and weigh about 105. I would say that if you measure more than 34" around the underside of your breasts this dress would probably be uncomfortably tight. I measured around my butt and got a total circumference of about 36" and this dress did cover my butt while I was standing, but bending over it rides right on up.

This dress is made from 88% Nylon and 12% Spandex and Leg Avenue says that you should hand wash separately and drip dry, don't bleach. Should you lose your box, Leg Avenue has provided a lovely little tag on an inside seam that tells you basically the same thing, only allows you to tumble dry. I haven't had a need to wash mine yet because I've only worn it a few times, but I'll report back when I do.

As for storage, I personally keep mine in a plastic Ziploc bag with all the rest of my lingerie, just so I can keep everything separate. But this wouldn't look too out of place hanging up in a closet or folded neatly in whatever drawer you keep the rest of your delicates in.

Depending on how risque you want to be, you could even wear this out as a shirt. Because of how mine would ride up every time I would make any real torso movements I definitely wouldn't wear mine out as a dress, but I wouldn't see anything really wrong with it if that's what you decided to do. But there isn't really anything about this little dress that screams "I'm lingerie" when mixed with a pair of jeans, so I'll be wearing mine out when the weather warms up a little bit.

Ok, this one I never got a chance to wear underneath clothing, but given that it's supposed to be a small dress, I didn't feel like finding a shirt that would go down far enough to cover it. However, I did wear it while cooking dinner on our romantic weekend away. Paired with my white fishnets and a pair of heels my fiance just kinda sat on the floor and stared at my legs while I walked around getting everything ready, lol.

I had no real difficulties getting it on, or off. And it didn't get in the way while we were making love either. Aside from the ability to wear it out in public, one of my favorite features was the fact that since it covered pretty much all of me that I would be worried about exposing, I was more confident in my lovemaking and went on a tour of the house. I didn't find it to be itchy or scratchy at all, and my only personal complaint about it was that it kept popping up over my butt when I would do any real moving.


I would personally give it 5 stars, but because it's supposed to be for everybody and definitely isn't, I give it 4.

This outfit is still sexy, still comfortable, and an apparent breeze to keep clean as I have yet to have found a way to get it dirty.

It also passes the discreet (well, for lingerie) test. I wore this to my aunt's house for Easter because of the beautiful light pink color and the fact that it was beautiful outside as well. I got a few compliments on how cute my top was, nobody said anything about it being sleazy or tacky. I managed to talk my fiance into taking a picture for me, since I know some of you were itching for one.