We tried Amazon's bestselling T-shirt dress on 5 different body types - TODAY

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We tried Amazon's bestselling T-shirt dress on 5 different body types - TODAY

Posted: 25 Jul 2019 09:46 AM PDT

The Korsis T-Shirt Dress is a bestseller on Amazon. It's ranked No. 1 in women's casual dresses and women's plus casual dresses. It also has over 2,800 reviews with a rating of 4.4 stars.

Read on to find out what each woman thought of the dress.

Size Small

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Our size small model, Christine, loved this look. She styled her navy blue dress with white and blue sneakers and a pair of silver dangling earrings.

"It's just very comfortable, breezy, you could do a lot of things in it," said Christine, "You could dress it down, go out, do your errands or you could go out for brunch with your friends."

Being 5-foot, 9-inches tall, Christine felt that the dress was a perfect length and she enjoyed the simplicity of the look.

Christine said, "This could be my go-to look because the material is very comfortable."

Size Medium

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In the medium size, Elissa was similarly excited about the comfort and ease of the dress.

Elissa paired her dress with a wedge sandal and a long butterfly necklace. The way she styled it would be perfect to wear to the office or a weekend brunch with your friends.

While it can be worn dressed up, Elissa expressed her preference to keep the look more casual in her day-to-day life.

"I think it would be something that I just reserve for weekend wear. Something that's a step above sweats," said Elissa.

For Elissa, this dress is perfect to wear to the grocery store or the dog park because it appears that you put in some effort but it is really a very easy look.

Size Large

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Our size large model, Kourtney, similarly loved the versatility of the dress. She emphasized that the look made her feel flirty and was a great fit on her body.

"It's really comfortable," said Kourtney, "You can wear it with heels. You can wear it with flat sandals. You can wear it with a ton of jewelry or maybe not so much jewelry."

Hitting just above her knee, she also emphasized that the dress was a perfect length for her.

She wore nude sandals and a simple hoop earring as her only accessory, keeping the look straightforward and perfect for a hot summer day.

Size X-Large

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DeAndra embellished the patterned dress with black wedges, large sparkly hoop earrings, and a few bracelets.

"The dress itself is nice. It's comfortable, it's wavy, it's stretchy. The fabric is breathable for a hot day like this," said DeAndra.

Another element of this dress that stood out to DeAndra was the pockets. This aspect adds practicality to the dress for a woman on-the-go.

DeAndra's only complaint was the pattern and color of the dress. She felt it didn't necessarily fit her personal taste. Fortunately, the dress is available in 18 other colors to suit almost anyone's style preferences.

"For another woman who likes this style, that is the same shape as me, would look great in it," said DeAndra.

Size XX-Large

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Our xx-large model, Elizabeth, echoed the others in her praises.

"I love this dress. It is so comfortable, it feels so good and it has pockets," said Elizabeth.

Elizabeth wore this look with a white statement necklace, dangly earrings, two bangle bracelets, and a platform sandal. She made the look fancier with her added accessories but also expressed that the look could be easily dressed down.

"I can wear it to work, I can wear it after work, I can wear it to run errands, so it is a go-to piece," she shared.

For Elizabeth, the soft, stretchy fabric added movement and comfort to the dress.

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Inspired By a Birthday Trip to Africa, She’s Made 8 Million Dresses for Girls in Need - The Story Exchange

Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:03 AM PDT

Rachel O'Neill sends bundles of homemade dresses — and love — to children in Africa and other countries around the world.

Most people spend their 50th birthdays at a restaurant or social gathering with family and loved ones, but Rachel O'Neill isn't most people. For her big five-oh in 2005, she and her husband traveled to Africa to experience the safari, and along the way she also visited a women's group in Uganda. Touched by the African women's "eagerness to learn and listen and be a part of things," she knew she would return. Sure enough, 18 months later, she joined a mission group to Malawi.

She says of her second trip, "That's when I noticed that the women did absolutely all of the work — they tilled the fields, they harvest, they gather the wood for kindling to cook outside. Everything with a baby on their back." While observing the day-to-day operations within the village, O'Neill saw something else that shocked her: when it was time to eat, the women went to the back of the line, behind the men. "I couldn't believe that after everything they do, they're treated like they're not as valuable."

Then and there, O'Neill came up with the idea of sewing dresses for women to help "honor" them. She and other members of the mission group made a few for a village, just to see if the simple but fashionable clothing would catch on. It did. "People just started responding like crazy," O'Neill says.

What began as one woman's small-scale effort became the global nonprofit that is now Little Dresses for Africa. O'Neill, 64, runs the business from its headquarters in Rockwood, Michigan, but has also set up facilities in eight other countries. Through postal mail and in-person trips, the non-profit distributes dresses to 87 countries, half of which are in Africa and the rest scattered around the world in Honduras, Haiti, Guatemala and more. O'Neill isn't sure how many volunteers currently participate in the non-profit but estimates the number to be well over 23,000. That's how many groups she has listed in the online database, and some groups represent as many as 30 people.

So far, her business has collectively distributed over 8 million dresses. While she was originally inspired to make dresses for women, she and volunteers now sew them for young girls. "I mean, literally, we send thousands of dresses every week," O'Neill says, speaking of her own facility in Michigan. "The other ladies help me size them and box them up and get them ready for shipping and it's just a real community effort."

Stitching For Change

Since its conception in 2008, O'Neill wanted Little Dresses for Africa to be as inclusive as possible. She shamelessly admits "I can't sew," so she and the volunteers make dresses out of old pillowcases. The non-profit's website lists step-by-step instructions on how to make and ship pillow case dresses in four different sizes. Committed to an eco-friendly and "anybody can do it" philosophy, O'Neill has still set a high bar for her business' products.

She says, "We try to make sure the fabric is excellent, or we don't really want them involved. The whole point is to honor these little girls, and we want to plant in the hearts of these little girls that they're worthy."

Not just a self-esteem booster, the dresses have made more of a far-reaching impact than O'Neill predicted. "We hear it over and over again from the villages," she says. Apparently, the dresses have become a source of protection for the girls "on long walks where they could be abducted, raped, or otherwise taken advantage of." She explains that aggressors are less likely to target girls clad in new dresses because "it looks like someone's watching over them."

Along with dressmaking, the non-profit is committed to improving the quality of life in impoverished areas. As part of its humanitarian program, the business aims to provide aid to African villages in three critical areas: clean water, education and community. It's already built two schools, two warehouses, a girls dormitory, a sewing center, and 21 water wells with 19 more coming this year.

"The business is evolving, and it's not just dresses anymore," O'Neill says. "The dresses are just an avenue into these communities to show our love, to keep girls alive and in school."

Power to the Women

O'Neill and Little Dresses for Africa also came out with a "Dignity Program" that combats period stigma with sani-panties — absorbent, washable pads that adolescent girls can wear during their menstrual cycles. Before, "we would have these girls just literally sitting around because they had no way to manage their periods." Or worse, some girls would use whatever resources they had on hand — including half-cut potatoes — to stop their flow, but it also increased their risk of infection.

Sani-panties aren't just taking the shame out of periods — they're also giving adolescent girls a shot at education. According to O'Neill, 60 percent of girls drop out of school around age 11 and 12, and the timing is no coincidence. She says, "These girls are often married the minute they get their period because they're more valuable as a wife than as a student."

Her non-profit primarily focuses on uplifting women in African communities, but it does include a complement to dresses for girls: "Britches for Boys." Despite her progressive stance on gender equality, she brushes aside any talk of feminism or politics related to her business. Instead, she says simply wants to raise awareness in African communities to support and nurture their women.

O'Neill comes from a family of six girls, and one of the schools in Malawi is named after her mother, an educator. The school and many other developing projects stand as testaments to her belief that "when you educate a woman, you educate an entire village."

Regarding long-term plans for her non-profit, O'Neill frankly says, "I don't know. I don't say that with any embarrassment, because I feel like every part of this is unfolded. When I started, I didn't know how to ship a container, I didn't know how to mail a box of dresses, I didn't know how to build a school." Now, even with 14 years in the business, there's no limit for what O'Neill can do. "It feels like I'm learning on the job, and I am prepared for whatever comes next."