The gown doesn't seem new. The texture of the material is very rough. It said in the description that it's a silk gown however i don't know what type of silk this is. So rough. I amm happy with the stitching however the cancan should be under full gown and not just at the bottom sinve you charged me £20 for it. Overall I am not really happy but I don't have an option now since I can not return a stitched item.