Purchased as a mother of the bride dress. At 5'2" I expected any floor length dress purchased would be 6-8 inches too long. I purchased both the size 4 and the 6. As expected both were too long on me. However, the 4 was just a hair small (too tight under the arms) so I kept the 6. (The free return was nice and is now fully processed, even the original shipping cost was refunded). As expected I am having the overall length adjusted. This is to be expected as I am relatively short and this was sized for a more regular height person. The only thing I was a bit un-happy with... the jacket was stretched out at the top of the shoulders, giving the appearance of "horns" sticking out. I was able to tuck this extra material under and re-stitch and it now looks great. Note: the size 4 did not have this issue, only the size 6. That is the only reason this was not given a 5 star. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and love the color. It was just what I was looking for. Also, regarding adjusting the length, the lacey layers only need to be trimmed (no hemming required)so only the inner layer will need to be hemmed. This will make the length adjustment fairly easy.