Our Editors Tried the Viral Amazon Dresses Everyone’s Talking About
Here's our brutally honest review.

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While the Amazon's selection of fall dresses seems to be picture-perfect online, our savvy shopping experts know better than anyone that looks can be deceiving. We tried Amazon's most popular dress styles at home to see if they're really worth adding to cart. In short—some were a miss, but a lot of them were a hit.
After selecting and ordering the best-selling fall dresses from brands like Amazon Essentials, Zesica, and Anrabess, I tapped six of my fellow editors—each with varying body types, heights, and style preferences—to try them out.
We considered factors like fit, fabric feel, and overall style when trying out each dress. Note that each editor wore the dress one to two times before sharing their insights. Keep reading for our unfiltered thoughts:
Lauren Gruber is an associate commerce editor at Hearst Magazines, where she writes for publications like Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Prevention, Country Living, House Beautiful, and more. She has over four years of professional experience covering a variety of lifestyle topics from home to fashion, with an advanced background in beauty and fragrance. When she’s not researching the most worthy Prime Day deals or hands-on testing all the latest perfume launches, Lauren is probably hanging out with her cat Serafina or flexing her AMC A-List membership at the movie theater.
You can find her previous work at Entertainment Tonight, Shop TODAY, USA Today, Self Magazine, L’Officiel USA, V Magazine, and Modern Luxury Media.
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