Really great quality dress, with a few caveats
"This dress is really well made; the customization options are impressive and the linen is thick and has surprisingly few wrinkles. The only issue is that I wanted this dress specifically for maternity and postpartum, but couldn’t get great sizing guidance as to whether it needed any specific alterations for that purpose. The answer to that question is yes—the skirt area has lots of extra material for a growing belly, but the chest area is quite small and definitely won’t accommodate the growing chest size that most pregnant and nursing women are going to have. I went up a size from my pre-pregnancy size and added an extra inch in the bust as one of my custom alterations and the chest still barely fits now in mid-pregnancy, plus the arms are snug. No way is it going to fit in late pregnancy or in the first months postpartum. If I could do it over, I would add 2-3 inches in the bust for this to last an entire pregnancy and into early postpartum. I would say the bright side is that I’ll get more use out of it later since it won’t be too large in the top, however, since the skirt is pretty huge I don’t expect it to be flattering by that point. All in all a great quality dress, but possibly not a great maternity option for most. I’d definitely order from NPL again, just not while my sizing is in flux."