Quick Review: Quince Silk Slipdress

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Hi there, I hope you all had a good weekend! I had meant to write a different post today, but to be honest it is now late Sunday evening and time got away from me – my husband took the kids in the morning and I had big plans to do all sorts of stuff…but ended up watching Selling Sunset instead and online shopping for random stuff and then reminding myself to check what was in my closet first. And I realized that I have some items I had meant to update the blog with my experience on! So today, sharing a quick review of this Quince slipdress.

This was my first item I tried from Quince. And overall, I was quite impressed! I had posted about wanting to try this slipdress a few months back, and eventually ended up ordering it. At $80 it was a great price – for 100% silk – and I had been eyeing some far more expensive versions and thought it was worth a shot, as there are free returns. (I had also made an offer on a designer version on Poshmark, and then it sold to someone else, so I was feeling grouchy that day).

Anyway the dress came and I do like it! To be honest I haven’t worn it out yet – so can’t give it a full review – but have some notes for anyone interested:

• I took a XS in this dress, but I REALLY really went back and forth on sizing. Lately I have always been taking a size larger on clothes, and had it just been the skirt, I would have done a small. However, with dresses, sometimes going up means there’s a too much space in the chest – so finally I went with XS. It fits and is really comfortable but you can see it does hug the curve some. I tried to eye myself in the mirror from multiple angles to see if it would grip my belly if I ate a big meal and I think it would probably show. However there’s still space in the stomach region of the dress…I don’t know if getting S would solve that problem. The answer is probably that I just should not wear this dress to a buffet.
• Some more notes on sizing – I am wearing this dress with a simple bra underneath and it still fits fine in the chest area. However I am not ah, that endowed…if you have a larger chest, I might size up for room. Also, if you want to layer under this dress, say, in the fall/winter, I’d also get a size up. I rarely layer dresses so didn’t do this.
• The length is quite good for a petite person – I am 5’1. The straps are also adjustable. In the photo above I am wearing a low ~1.5 inch heel.
• The silk quality is quite nice – it’s slippery and soft. I didn’t have issues with transparency but it is black. If I get a lighter color, I will update!
• The shipping on this was a little slow – well, it took quite a while to actually get mailed out (maybe 5 days or so)? But once it did it came quickly, as Quince is based in SF. I’m not sure if all their items ship out of SF however – maybe someone else would know.

Wow, that was more notes than I thought! I thought this was going to be a super quick review.

I do think this is the sort of versatile item that is useful to have in your closet – and the dress could even double as sleepwear (although in that case I would definitely get a size larger). I tried to do a work appropriate look and I actually think it’s quite easy to make it work friendly – just add a shirt or sweater on top. I did a quick try out below of it:

Very comfortable too!

I’m still debating sizing – I might return and exchange for the small – or maybe I might try a lighter color in a larger size. If I do get a larger size I’ll compare and try to update on the blog. The nice thing is that you have basically a year to return items if you need to (as long as they have tags on) – which is why I didn’t really feel pressure to make a decision on this dress earlier.

Alright..I hope this was helpful for any of you thinking about this dress! It was definitely a good first experience with Quince and I’ll probably try out a few more items in the future. If you’d like to try out Quince for the first time, you can find the referral code here – thank you all for your support!