River island's 'gorgeous' £49 midi dress 'looks stunning on'

RIVER ISLAND SHOPPERS ARE LOVING THE "GORGEOUS" MIDI DRESS AFTER SEEING IT ON INSTAGRAM 10:49, 23 May 2025 This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on

any sales we generate from it. Learn more River Island fans have been swooning over a "gorgeous" dress they came across on social media recently. The retailer is well known for

it's on-trend clothing, accessories and shoes - and now there may be a new fan favourite in stock. The Green Bandage Sleeveless Bardot Midi Dress comes with a price tag of £49 and

boasts a sleeveless cut, a bardot neckline, zip closure, chic midi length, and a split hem. River Island notes that the dress is machine washable at 30°C while suggesting it should be ironed

inside out and warning against bleaching, dry cleaning or tumble drying. The retailer took to Instagram to share a clip of the green dress. The video showed off the midi dress and racked up

more than 1,000 likes and many comments from excited River Island shoppers. READ MORE:I went to Next and found the 'summer dress of 2025' that 'ticks all the boxes' READ

MORE: Boden's £80 'great for summer travel' dress that 'gives you a waist' now £42 If you're still hunting for that dream dress, other retailers offer

alternatives; New Look features the Black Zebra Print Ruffle Trimmed Maxi Dress priced at £47.99. Next offers a stylish Brown Leopard Animal Print Sleeveless Textured Jersey Dropwaist Maxi

Dress for £36, and ASOS presents the £29.99 Miss Selfridge seersucker tie shoulder tiered maxi dress in shell print. River Island captioned the post: "The bandage dress is back,"

reports the Mirror. Text over the clip read: "PSA: Bandage dresses are back and better than ever." Fans didn't hold back under the post, with one customer exclaiming:

"I've got this dress, isn't it absolutely amazing." Another complimented: "It looks stunning on you too," and yet another chimed in, gushing: "Yesssss!

That colour." A fourth said: "How unreal" while a fifth declared: "I'm so here for it." One shopper just commented: "Wowww." The praise continued,

with one shopper writing: "Such a gorgeous shade of green" and another calling the dress "iconic." A third wrote: "Gorgeous" and a fourth said: "I'll

have one in every colour." It's worth noting that some buyers have voiced their opinions on River Island's sizing, particularly the larger sizes, on the review site TrustPilot

– something to bear in mind when placing online orders. One person pointed out: "Lovely quality but not great sizing." Feedback on the fit poured in from another customer, who

wrote: "The quality of most clothes I've tried on are good... but the sizing is HUGE! ! I recently bought some new UK size 6 shorts, skirts, jeans and trousers and they slid down

my hips and legs! They wouldn't stay on my hips! The dress was huge on me too! I've had to return most of the order (kept the UK size 4 items)." Despite this, praise for the

dress continued. One person said: "River Island is totally doing it for us this season!" and a second wrote: "Absolute beauty." A third added: "Loving the

colour." A fifth said: "This is stunning" and a sixth wrote: "This colour." Another added: "Wooo love the green." Article continues below A different

shopper said: "Love this colour." One person wrote: "Love that colour on you" and a second added: "Bought this after seeing it on you." Another commented:

"Stunning, I just have zero occasion to wear it."