Icebreaker Villa Dress

By Merebea Danforth x4236 April 10, 2010

Icebreaker did a great job making this cute dress. The SuperFine 200 merino cloth is soft and breathes well. The belt, which you can barely see in the photo, really makes the dress. (You can see the belt better in the striped version http://www.backcountry.com/outdoorgear/Icebreaker-Superfine200-Stripe-Villa-Dress-Womens/ICE0488M.html.) Without the belt the dress would be kind of a boring, but the belt helps give the dress some more shape and makes it more interesting looking. The dress is definitely pretty fitted, especially on the bottom half. It clings to my booty for sure, but wasn't too tight. The neck line seemed a little funny on my small chest, but it works. You can really dress this piece up or down. Wear heels and a necklace and be ready for a dressy evening out, or throw on some flip flops for a more casual look. You can also play around with where you tie the belt, which wraps around three times. It's pictured tied in the back, but I also find it fun tied on the front off to the side. The main reason why I didn't give the Villa dress 5 stars is because I don't love how love the neckline and how it fits on my chest. It would probably look great on women with bigger boobs than me.I wear a medium in Icebreaker shirts, and a small in Iceberaker tank tops. I'm usually a medium in tops and bottoms from outdoor brands (though sometimes a small), and am 5' 4" 130 lbs. I went with the medium on this dress. I think the small may have fit me slightly better on top, but I think it would have been too tight in the hip, thighs, and butt.I think this would make a great travel dress. It's easily washed and will hang dry relatively quickly. It also shouldn't wrinkle much. Merino doesn't get too stinky, and when you air it out, especially with a bit of a breeze, most odors will go away.

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