"This dress is just timeless and weightless. I am 5'9" and weigh 130 lbs and I don't have hips at all, so dresses with the cut off in the middle usually look really awkward on me, but not this one! Since this dress is so weightless, the bottom flows beautfully in the wind; just make sure you have on a slip, which is almost necessary with this dress because it is pretty see-through. Dresses like this are the reason I keep shopping at Free People (:"