Hello lovely people!

First thing. I'm going to have to give an apology

My nails are just awful!

I painted them especially for this video

But the heat in Malaysia is so bad

It actually melts off

*laughs* My nail varnish has melted off my fingers

What. What is that

What is that

So, for anyone who doesn't know, I'm Jessica

And my wife and I are currently on a two month tour of Malaysia. Tada~

Which is why I'm in a very hot place and I'm really not used to it.

Because, back home in England it's snowing.

We are currently in Penang which is a li- uh.. its a small island

to the north ... west ? of peninsula Malaysia

You can follow our travels and see where we've been

I in fact have a playlist of all the Malaysia videos which you can find by going down to the description below

This Dresslily review has probably been my most requested

And I completely understand that! I was pretty interested myself.

Because i think 90% of my facebook adverts are just for this company

The other 10% , i think, are uh.. baby clothes because i have a new nephew oh!

So I thought that I would take the plunge and I ordered from them 8 dresses

With kind of mixed results

I have a whole series of brand reviews for different sort of vintage brands and different shops

Which again you can see by going to the link in the description or clicking the card above

But i do understand completely that dressing vintage can be very, very expensive *cash register ching*

I in fact wear nothing else but retro and vintage clothes so i do get it

I do get the search for that wonderful shop where all the dresses are completely beautiful and super cheap

Normally in a brand review I will take a look at the shop and i'll break it down to the look, the sizing and wearability, the pricing and then the ease of shipping

But Dresslily is not like that. No, no, no. They are not just one shop they are many shops all in the same - the same name - but all different names

Its very confusing. Oh actually its a bit like Amazon, see saying it like that makes it better - easier to understand right

They put that a lot on the website um because it-it has a say on the sizing

Y'know, every shop is different and they all have different sizing charts

So make sure that you go to every single sizing chart and check for the dresses

And I did that and in some of the shops I was a small and in some of them I was a large

But I just went by my measurements and I ordered them

Not a great idea. That was not clever of me

I was silly, I just should have ordered the small in all of the shops

Because *laughs* yeah I'm a small in all of the shops

Anyway, onto the dresses, I'm going to take you through each one of the eight

I'm going to give you the good points, the bad points

Whether I recommend them and then the final verdict at the end

I should begin by saying that in terms of dress size, so you have reference all the way through

I'm a UK size 8, I know that corresponds to a US size 4

And I chose all of these based on my measurements not the dress sizes

Dress number one *fabric rustles*

Here's what it looked like on the website

And here's what it looks like on me

As you can see it is a little large

It actually seems about two sizes too large

But I think that was my mistake because I ordered the medium

When I should have just ordered the small

It's a beautiful colour, however, and the material is 100% cotton

So it feels really good quality. And I've actually - I ha - I wore this. Still a bit big

But I'm running out of clothes to wear

So I wore it and people were very complimentary of it

I like the pleats here at the front I think that's a lovely way of getting a circle skirt

So in terms of the good points of this dress; The colour - absolutely stunning

And its not - It's quite a bright colour, I'm not sure I would have bought this if I'd seen it in a shop

But now I have it I'm quite pleased to have something in that colour

The fabric is really great. I really like it

I'm pleased that it's 100% cotton

Yeah, I really like the pleats, and the sleeves. The sleeves are quite cute they sit very nicely

Bad points; It's too big. That was pretty obvious

One other bad point would probably be that I feel the cut is a little high

On the front of the dress, for the neckline. That's just me

That's a preference, Some people like it that way

I happen to have a large chest so *whispered* gotta work with what I'm given

And here is the dress with a petticoat and belt

You can see it makes quite a difference, it's very adorable and i enjoy it very much

Again; lots of compliments on it.. and that's pretty much what you want with a dress really

Dress number 2!

as you can see from the picture on the website i though it was going to be a deeper burgundy colour

it's not. It's a very, very bright red

And it makes me look like a mint humbug according to claudia

But you know what? I don't mind that

Here's what it looks like on without a petticoat

and I'm rather enjoying it actually

It's very light to wear which is good in a hot country

You can just sort of swing it around, have a good time.. Like I am doing

And here it is with a petticoat on. I think its a great fun kind of dress really

This was one of my favourites

So the good points about the dress are; it's very light

you can really swing around with it and get going

rather nice *fabric rustling* there's a lot of fabric as well which is good

Didn't stinge on the fabric

I very much enjoy the detailing here that's very nice

It also has one of those um sticky plastic-y things along the inside

so that it sticks to your skin and does not fall off *whispers* which is very helpful lets be honest

Two negatives; number one, not everyone wants to look like a mint humbug

But number two would be that the fabric is quite warm

Because it is a synthetic fabric so it can get quite hot

Now this dress I would say did fit me

Even though it's a medium and as you saw the one previously was a medium

'Follow sizing charts better than I do' I think is the moral of this story

Dress number three

Now this one is a-a large and it didn't really fit me

But here it is on the website

And here it is on me

Claudia says the fact that it doesn't fit makes it look like a dinner lady dress

I really like this dress however, I think it's wonderful

I really wish it-it was in my size

A lovely flattering collarline

It's got pockets at the front, its very 1950s housewife

Which let's be honest is my aesthetic

Plus points; I think the cut is very flattering

The check is lovely, I'm very pleased its 100% cotton

Bad points

Oh it has a side zip rather than a back zip

I always think that if you've got your nice hair and makeup done

And then you put your dress on, it's much easier to have a back zip

And you can just step in, bring it over and zip up the back

Then you've got a side zip *unintelligible*

And yeah it-it didn't look great in that - in that size that was a mistake

But here it is with a petticoat and a belt

And you can see how lovely it actually is

Dress number 4

Here it is on the website

I think we can all agree that is an adorable pattern

The colours together are splendid

What a lovely cut with those pleats

Oh. I ordered the size medium

And it doesn't - it didn't fit

No, there was no. No no

was not the world's most flattering

And then I put a petticoat underneath it

Though maybe that would do something

But unfortunately there was no saving the fact that this dress was - was too large for me

I - its got a beautiful pattern tho, that's very nice

Also downsides is um. Is the fabric. It's very hot

*laughs* I am in Malaysia and it is a double layer of synthetic fabric

Plus points; um it's - it's a lovely colour

very nice design

Negatives; oh my God it's the world's hottest dress

Buy it if you live in a very cold country

Dress number five!

Now this is a dress you will of course recognise if you have seen our Penang vlog

Because I wear it in the temple and when we're going on a big tour of Penang

And I absolutely love it

And so now it-it's awash

It's a really easy dress to wear

Even though this is synthetic material again

It's not so tightly woven

If that makes sense, you can still breathe through it quite well

It's a gorgeous cut, It's got that kind of Marilyn Monroe feel about it

You can wear it with or without a petticoat i found

Because even without its still very flattering

I'd say of them all, this without a petticoat

along with the blue one I am currently wearing

Uh were the most flattering if you didnt put a petticoat underneath

The others you very much needed to put a petticoat under

To get the look that you're going for

The colour is a very bright red, its not something I'd neccesarily

Again, not something I'd neccesarily buy

But now I have it I'm really pleased

Because it's a very fun colour, it's a very fun cut and it's great to wear

So yeah, I think those were all the plus points there that I just went through

Don't really need to do that

Negatives; uh yeah synthetic fabric

It's not as tight in the waist as it could be

You need a dress that makes you really feel yourself as you walk along the street

Sixth Dress! *fabric rustles*

I really, really like the cut of this dress

I really like the colour of this dress

I think that it's lovely

It just, unfortunately, was ordered in a size large

Why do I do this

Of all the dresses I ordered

This was probably the one I was most looking forward to wearing

I thought it would be fantastic

and look really lovely

But then I put a petticoat and a belt on and I feel like that rather saved the look

So I think we were ok

I wore it out because again I have no dresses, I have run out. The next hotel will have a laundry service so

The cut of this dress is truely very flattering

It's lovely, and I wish I had this dress in the small

It's again 100% cotton

Which a lot of the more covering dresses seem to be, it's quite interesting

The halternecks not so much

It's printed onto the fabric, again it's lovely. It has two decorative buttons

Negatives; too big for me

I mean I can't - I don't know how the cut will be when it's in your size

Because the shoulders felt a little tight here

But again that could just be the large and the fact that I had to hold it down with a belt

Onto the penultimate dress!

And it looked like this on the website

I have feelings about this dress

I had high hopes for it, thought it was going to look really good

Really like that it's 100% cotton, like the colours

It just didn't really pan out

Which again could be because I stupidly ordered a size...

What is it. Oh it is a size large

Don't do that

Again of you're thinking of ordering from this site please follow my example

By not following my example

The elastic at the back is only along the top

I would have preffered a fully elasticated back

Or else just a more tightly fitting dress

I feel like with a halterneck you don't really need an elasticated back

Because you do have the halter and it will hold itself up

I've been looking at this shape, this kind of cut for quite a while

I like the overlay with having the skirt underneath and then a skirt on top

If you add a petticoat and a belt to it though, it is rather fun!

Look at that! That's a fun party dress

That's a good dress, I enjoyed that dress

Moving on to our final dress!

Number 8, which I am wearing so I..

This dress is a really lovely - really lovely halterneck

I've been wearing this dress a lot, again as you probably saw from the penang video

It has adorable pockets

You can wear it with or without a petticoat

either way is lovely

It's got very nice piping detailing at the front

some buttons

Although the material is synthetic, it again like the red dress

It's a much looser weave

So it is quite breathable

And with a petticoat it is even better! look at that swing!

I'd also like to take a moment to point out that a lot of the dresses are inspired by dresses that you can find elsewhere

obviously there's a thing about inspiration and taking the idea of something

A lot of vintage clothes are based on things from way back when

Whether that be dress patterns or pictures that we've seen

I've tried to keep my selection of dresses to those that are just original to Dresslily

And you can make your own mind up where you fall on that divide

In conclusion

My favourites are this blue halterneck dress

The red halterneck dress

And even though neither of them fit me

These two dresses!

They're delightful

I would reccomend you buy those 4

I thought those were rather nice

When I imagined the dresses and what they would be like I wasn't very sure

But actually some of them are really nice,

some of them are ones that I would definitely wear again

These two I think I will be getting in my actual size

Also in conclusion; don't be foolish

Do what your heart tells you to when it comes to a sizing chart

I hope you have enjoyed this video

And that you've found it helpful in some way

If you've ordered from Dresslily before then let me know down in the comments

Tell me what your experience was and what the dress was like

Whether you like it and would reccomend it to other people

A solid few of these dresses were very nice

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And I'll have a look at those and maybe they'll be next in my review series

See you soon! *kiss sound*

~retro music~