This skirt isn't bad but it really wasn't long enough for me but then again I am 5'9" so maybe it will work better for most women. The print on the top tier doesn't gather like the other tiers so the print looks bigger right across the mid-section which adds 5 lbs. But the waist band takes off 10 so in the end it is slimming. The bottom short ruffle looks like an after thought. The fabric is too cheap for the print which is Hermes/Chanel inspired. If the print wasn't so serious and was something more fun I maybe could have kept it. I bought 3 skirts and one just blew the other two away so that is part of why I sent this one back. Still had I kept it, I don't think I would have ever really worn it because it just isn't that cute. I would have felt silly in it. The buckle part looks very cheap but it would come off easily according to another review and from my own observations.