Vintage Diva by TopVintage The Stella Pencil Dress in Forest Green

I was nervous as the dress was more than I'd usually pay, but it is worth every penny! It arrived packed in a beautiful box - it was like receiving a dress in the 1930s! It's made from a very high quality fabric with a good stretch for my favourite pin-up look. The fabric is magic - it hugs your figure while masking any bumps! The design is exquisite - it looks just like the picture. I feel like a goddess in it! The design and quality are on a par with Stop Staring - but machine washable and half the price! I am now addicted to the Vintage Diva range.

(I am Dutch, but since TV sells globally and a lot of people won't understand a review in my native language I'll opt for English).

When Vintage Diva first showed her AW18 collection to the world on Instagram I lost my heart to 3 dresses: the green Stella, the red Greta and the magenta (cerise) Maxine pencil dresses. Normally Vintage Diva is out of my price range and I am rarely that lucky that my size is still available in sale, but this year I was. I got 2 of my favorites, including the green coloured Stella pencil dress.

To be honest: I like this dress even more in real life. You can't really see the type of fabric on the picture. And while it initialy looked a little weird (surprising) when I unpacked it, because it is so unlike other retro fabric, it looks and feels AMAZING when on the body. It almost feels like the tight, stretchy sister of the fabric used for sweatpants. Now, that sounds wrong & ugly, but the outside does have that soft feel of a hoodie and it gives you the same comfortable feeling on the inside. That is where the comparison ends though :D. This dress snatches your waist and is form fitting overall. It does not hurt or sit too tight anywhere and it really emphasises all the right parts of your body.

The cleavage is really great, a very interesting plunge-square...if that makes sense. It gave my boobies a nice view of the world and vice versa (LOL), without looking vulgar. Unlike so many other pencil dresses with 1/2 sleeves these weren't tight on me, but fit me like a glove and the length of the dress is also perfect. I don't think someone who is 1.80 will love it though, since Stella is on the shorter spectrum for pencil dresses (I think she is comparable to Glamour Bunny). Ideal for average and shorter sized ladies.
I also liked the fact that the thicker fabric won't show lines of underwear as so often happens with thinner fabric. Due to the thickness and the inner vibrant green lining (honestly not the prettiest) this is definitely a dress for winter/fall and imho can't be worn when it is warmer - something I often do with monochrome dresses that don't have a typical winter fit/cut.
I do really love the colour too. Forest green is absolutely the right word for it and it fits perfectly with my reddish hair and hazel eyes. Stella is a very welcome and wonderful addition to my vintage staple and I actually said "wow" when I had closed up the zipper. Followed by a little "yay" that a dress I liked so much actually fits me that great and that I had been able to get her for half price. If you can still get her in your size: do so!

Measurements: I bought an M and have some extra space left around the neck and like a centimeter around my waist. My bust fits well, though it should not have been much bigger, since the extra space is a little higher. But closing the zipper was super easy. Though I would certainly not have fit in a size S (my measurements are 97-73-96 at the moment). I am 1.58m/5.2" and the dress comes over my knee and then extends an extra 5cm. I don't mind that bit extra, because it means that when walking the dress won't hike up and stay below knee. For winter I prefer dresses that are a tad longer.