The dress is very elegant for a wedding or similar occassion. However, it definately was a lot different than what I expected compared to the picture online. The dress is darker than it appeared in the picture and the picture did not reveal the gold stitching throughout the dress. At first I did not like it when I first opened and saw it. But when I tried it on, it looked very nice. I bought the dress based on another persons review that said the dress was darker than it appeared. Being the mother of the bride I did not want to be dressed in too light of a cream color. It is a perfect beige color.
The dress does, however, run big. When ordering, I would recommend if you are in between sizes, ordering the smaller one.
I would like to see Nordstrom put more effort into providing more accurate and detailed pictures.