This dress is so soft and comfortable! It would even be nice to wear it around the house as a house dress. You can dress it up with some nice jewelry and wear it out. It is like a very soft t shirt material , but it's good quality and not really thin and transparent. It is the type of material that will wash and dry well. I don't think it would shrink, but I always hang my clothes and just put them in the dryer to get wrinkles out. Please note that no two dresses have the same coloring and on them. I ordered a few previously, and they were mostly the dark color, and I wanted more of the orange color. So if ordering you should order two or three and then compare and pick the one you want and return the others. It's quite stretchy and forms to your body well. My size information below is correct.