I think perverted minds will see what they want to see. From purely a fashion angle the dress sucks, sorry to put it like that but its not something I would show off. That mixed with the perverted angle the internet has taken just compounds the issue.
Personally, I don't mind the dress. I think it looks fine, but now that I've seen the Internet connection to it, I can't help thinking about it. I think she looks very comfortable in it; I hope she isn't personally scandalized with what the Web-verse did with her picture. On a lighter note, I bet she's glad she wasn't wearing her hair long and curly...
From a purely aesthetic viewpoint, I think this woman would be better served with a simple fitted sheath dress in a deep emerald silk. I really don't like the collar thing. Clothing is clothing, Jewelry is jewelry, and when one of those things tries to function as the other, we all suffer.
I just clicked on the original story link, and it's worse than I thought. This is not a dress, this is a tent. And I'm appalled to see it's commercially available. (I had thought this was a story about some poor demented woman who had made this dress herself, but no, it's a story about a poor demented woman who bought a horrible dress. And is being ridiculed when what she really needs is help. Humanity is a cruel species.)
Actually, this dress might work if it was a solid white. But this woman should never wear anything that's pink, peach, or yellow. It just doesn't look good on her.
Just what I was thinking. This goes back to the question of pattern dresses being a good or bad thing. This pattern is over the top and while Krusten has a point about the mind behind seeing what they want to see no one should put a dress like this on!