Seven Til Midnight Rebel with a Cause Slash Mini Dress

I have a bit of a thing for slashed clothing, so was delighted to receive this dress in exchange for an honest review - thank you, Lovehoney!

It arrived quickly and discreetly, in the usual Lovehoney fashion. The product packaging for the dress is a pretty pink and black box with a picture of the dress being worn by a model. It feels suitably expensive and luxurious, and would make a nice gift.

On opening the box, the dress is folded over a piece of cardboard, like how tights are packaged. It's clipped in place by plastic grips, which I don't think are necessary to secure the dress, and unfortunately on the dress I received they left little indents in the fabric. Fortunately, they seem to be disappearing the more I wear it though.

The dress is a really lovely shape and style, and the fabric seems resilient. I was a bit apprehensive at first because the material of the dress feels a lot like the material for thick tights, but fortunately I've never felt in danger of ripping or laddering the dress. It feels a lot thicker and heavier than tights so it's stretchy but substantial, and the black is totally opaque.

The dress looks tiny, but the fabric has a lot of stretch. I think that the great thing about using this material for a one-size item is that it can stretch to fit a size 14, but because the material starts off tiny, I think it would still need to stretch to fit a size 6, so it would fit snugly on any body shape. Being a size 12, I'm using a bit of guesswork here though.

I was very impressed by how the dress hugs my curves because I usually expect that clingy material will highlight the lumps and bumps that I don't like as well as the curves that I do like, but actually I find the thickness of the material very smoothing, creating a very nice silhouette.

Being a D cup, I usually like lingerie and sexy clothing to have some support or padding, so was a little worried about this dress, but actually it's so clingy that it keeps everything nicely in place. I don't know whether the shoulder straps do actually help with this, but the dress feels more sturdy and supportive because of them, and I love how they look. The straps and sleeves give it great framing, contrasting the solid panels with all the slashes.

I'm about 5'8" and the dress has a lot of stretch downwards as well as across, so it can be pulled down so that the hem covers my bum. Always important for sexy clothing, even if it has slashes all over it to reveal mostly everything! As I wear it, it does tend to move back upwards to settle just above where I would like it to, but it still looks great and I love that the hem is thick and sturdy.

I am beyond impressed with how all the slashes sit on my body. When I read that it was reversible, I thought "yeah, ok, I bet technically you can wear it the other way around, but it'll only look good the way that it shows on the pictures". I was so wrong! I can't believe that there are no images showing how the dress looks with the slashes at the front, because it does look really very good.

I thought that the slashes would fully reveal my breasts, but actually they don't because I wasn't accounting for the solid black areas at the sides perfectly covering my breasts, leaving the middle of my chest exposed by the slashes but providing some sexy, teasing modesty over the nipples. In the same way, the slashes expose my tummy but the fabric covers my hips, so it's revealing and teasing at the same time, creating a great shape.

One thing that I love about slashed clothing is the texture that it creates, and this dress has to be the best garment that I own for being able to sensually run your hands over the strips of material, the fabric moving under your hands to reveal warm, soft skin underneath. It's a real treat to look at, to touch, and to wear.

I would very much recommend this dress. It's flattering, comfortable and extremely versatile. I can't believe it's included in the 2 for £25 sexy clothing deal at the moment - what a bargain!

I loved the look of this dress and couldn't wait to order it.

It arrives in a smart box, perfect to give as a present. Taking it out of the box I admired the dress, the fabric so smooth with a nice shine. I was hoping it would look great on me.

It's a little tricky to get on, making sure your arms are going through the right holes, and making sure the slashed fabric doesn't stretch too far anywhere. Once in place I had to spend a few minutes adjusting the arms to make sure the straps and slashed fabric looked good. Then also at the back, checking the fabric looked perfect, particularly over my bum.

I'm a size 8 to 10 and it fits me perfectly with enough stretch for a size 14, while equally looking just as good and fitting well on a size 6. I was very happy with the back view in the mirror. The slashes in the fabric and the shape of the holes make this very flattering, and I think it will be on all body shapes and sizes.

Turning around, however, I wasn't as happy with the front view. Most of the dress looked good but bust area doesn't look great at all. I have a large bust and the dress wasn't tight enough to provide any support and just ended up squashing them and looking unflattering. Most disappointing.

Although the dress is reversible, I couldn't wear it that way. My large breasts and the fact I prefer to keep my stomach covered meant this just didn't work for me at all. But it will look amazing on some.

The length of the dress is thigh high on me, longer than it shows on the model. I am only 5 feet tall, so it will be super short on tall ladies. But the length is perfect for this style of dress.

I'm very happy with the quality of the dress, the material is good quality and feels so soft and stretchy. And the seams are finished well. Really cannot fault the make of it at all.

I would say this dress should work well on all sizes and heights due to the stretchiness of the fabric and the way the slashed areas are cut. But if you have a large bust you might find it's not so flattering.

Although I'm not so happy with the way my breasts look in it, I have decided to keep it due to how sexy the back looks.

In summary a sexy and flattering dress for most sizes, but might work better on smaller, and average size breast ladies.