REVIEW: MuchNeededMerch's Sailor Mars Skater Dress (old review from 11/13/14)

10/22/2015 Edit: This review was made on November 13th, 2014 and some of the links could be outdated. I am currently in the process of transferring my reviews from tumblr to this blog as backup. From now on, I will be posting reviews both on tumblr and here. If you'd like early access on reviews though, more than likely they will be on my tumblr. 

Hellur. I’m doing a review over the Sailor Mars skater dress from MuchNeededMerch.They offer skater dresses of the main sailor senshi in both a normal print and a galaxy/starry print and they have sizes S - XXL. They also offer various “geeky” accessories and clothing that’s anime, tv show, or gaming related.

~Review below the cut~

So, I recently discovered Much Needed Merch when I was desperately searching for those popular sailor senshi skater dresses for a cosplay. Because of my size (and how, for some reason, I couldn’t find skater dresses of Mars), I initially thought my only option was buying the $90 skater dress from Living Dead Clothing. BUT ALAS! I have discovered MNM! Not only have I fell in love with their skater dresses, I fell in love with their entire store and I will be purchasing their LOZ Link costume hoodie for my little brother.

Stock photo:

So far, they really only have the print/digitial mockup of the dress as a stock photo and no worn pictures. This dress is $39.99 on their site but I purchased this dress in size XL for $35.99 (with free shipping) because I used their 10% off discount code. 

Shipping / Packaging.

I purchased the dress on the 11th of October. It was shipped out to me on the 14th and arrived on the 29th (therefore it took 15 days so it arrived within the expected time). As you can see, the dress arrived in simple white packaging and was neatly folded (better than the given image because I actually opened it before the review) inside a clear bag with a paper that contains your order. 

My photos:

Front and back 

Closeup of the front and back bows

A few printing mistakes on the side and a random itty bitty white spot on the bow

I’m not easily bothered by printing errors, to be honest, so these mistakes were no issue to me.

Final verdict:

Shipping/Packaging: 10/10 - Everything arrived perfectly fine and on time. 

Item/Quality: 9/10 - The design is so cute and I enjoy the cartoon-realism of it, I just wish the back bow stood out a little more! I also enjoy how the “pleats” legitimately look like pleats because of how the dress falls. The quality is very nice. Even though I had no issue with this, there were the slight printing errors on the sides that made this rating lose points. 

Comfort/Fit: 10/10 - I thought it would be very spandex-y (like leggings) and that it would stretch in an unflattering manner but it’s actually very flattering and stretches nicely. It hugs my curves in a nice way. The size chart said it would at max fit a 46" bust but it looks really decent on my 51" bust and I’d give it another 1 - 3 more inches until it looks unflattering but it will stretch even farther than that. The dress also falls perfectly on me and isn’t too long and falls weirdly like LDC’s sailor skater dresses are. 

Customer Service: 10/10 - I did communicate with their customer service because I was very worried about my size choice. I originally chose to size down because this dress is for a cosplay in April and I assumed I would’ve lost weight by then. Because of how I am an anxious person, I assumed the worst and thought my sizing choice was bad and I contacted customer service and asked if I can switch to a 2XL. They replied to me a day later but by then they had already placed the order to their manufacturer and gave me the option to send the item back if it didn’t fit. So, their reply was pretty fast and they were really nice enough to let me send it back when there was a no return policy in their FAQ.

In general: 10/10 - This store is very plus sized! As I mentioned before I will be shopping there again because I’m buying my brother the Link costume hoodie and since I really want the Sailor Moon galaxy/starry skater dress I might save up to buy that as well. Their store looks like it caters a lot to LOZ fans so I suggest LOZ fans the most to check them out.

And finally… a worn Photo:

Shoes are from Bodyline - Review can be found here.

Wig is from eBay - Review can be found here.