23-05-2025
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- Daily Record
River Island shoppers want 'iconic' £49 midi dress 'in every colour'
River Island shoppers have been going wild for a green dress, which has been making waves on social media
River Island's "gorgeous" green dress has caught the eye of shoppers across social media. The high street favourite, acclaimed for its trendy clothing and accessories, may have just introduced a new crowd-pleaser to its collection.
Retailing at £49, the Green Bandage Sleeveless Bardot Midi Dress boasts a fitted, sleeveless cut, a bardot neckline, zip closure, midi length, and a split hem detail. River Island suggests that the dress is machine washable at 30°C but recommends ironing it on the reverse. Customers are also advised not to bleach, dry clean, or tumble dry the garment.
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.
If you're still on the lookout for the perfect summer dress, there are alternate choices from various retailers; New Look has its Black Zebra Print Ruffle Trimmed Maxi Dress going for £47.99. Next offers the Brown Leopard Animal Print Sleeveless Textured Jersey Dropwaist Maxi Dress for £36, while ASOS presents the Miss Selfridge seersucker tie shoulder tiered maxi dress in shell print priced at £29.99, reports the Mirror.
The caption under the River Island video read: "The bandage dress is back." Overlaying text on the clip said: "PSA: Bandage dresses are back and better than ever."
Beneath the post, one shopper said: "I've got this dress, isn't it absolutely amazing." A second wrote: "It looks stunning on you too," while a third added: " Yesssss! That colour."
A fourth exclaimed: "How unreal" and a fifth chimed in: "I'm so here for it." One shopper just commented: "Wowww."
Compliments kept rolling in as one customer said: "Such a gorgeous shade of green" with yet another dubbing the dress "iconic." A third praised: "Gorgeous" while a fourth enthusiast wrote: " I'll have one in every colour."
That said, some shoppers have turned to the review site TrustPilot to voice their experiences with River Island, particularly concerning larger sizes – something to bear in mind when placing online orders. One reviewer noted: "Lovely quality but not great sizing."
Another customer shared: "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."
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."
