I was hoping for more of a silhouette maxi skirt. This skirt is more a-line, meaning free flowing gradually from the waistline...although not an exaggerated flowing skirt. The material wrinkles easily which you can get away with because of the pleat type sew that runs from the top waistline and then flows gradually going down the skirt. The ripple effects flowing down. I am a size 10 and ordered a large. Due to the flowinesss of the skirt, I could have got away with a medium.