I loved the fabric swatch. I had to order this one since they don’t have a swatch in blush for the heist midi dress but offer in that color. It’s gorgeous. Can’t wait to place my order.

Had a hard time trying to figure out which fabric went with the dress I liked. Would have been impossible if I didn’t order a sample dress to try on. They were also a little pricy in my opinion. But other than that they were great.

The swatches really helped narrow down what I wanted, and reduced a lot of stress about wondering if I'm choosing the right things. I was deciding between ivory, blush, and soft pink. With the actual fabric, I could layer the colors with the dress layers, to see what it would look like. I also wanted a glitter layer from different dress, and could test if it was better to add to or replace the current glitter layer. I could also compare satin and lining for weight, transparency, and how flowy the fabric feels. I also got the illusion tulle set, and found the best match to my skin. Having physical confirmation of what was going to work well, gave me confidence in my choices, and reduced anxiety. It was money well spent for those reasons!

I received 8 fabric swatches that I could observe up close to see how much they stretched, how they felt, how thick the material was, whether they wrinkled easily, how they reflected in natural light vs. flash in a bright room vs. flash in a dark room, etc. Very useful. I see many of the Olivia Bottega dresses are made of a main fabric with other additional fabrics, so this was helpful in deciphering which fabric(s) I preferred to be the main fabric of my dress.