Hi! I ordered a Mori Lee by Madeline Garner Mermaid dress in Ivory. It is the Rosamund Wedding Dress, Style number is 2084. It recently arrived to the store and when my mom and I went in for the first fitting we initially thought it looked like a totally different dress but we couldn't figure out exactly what was different. After comparing pictures of me in the original sample dress that I tried on to the pictures of the dress I ordered, I think I have figured out what the differences are:
First, I noticed the color looked a lot more ivory (darker) than the sample although the store says that the sample was also ivory. The beading also looks less sparkly and more silvery on the dress I purchased. Not sure if this is just the lighting, or if it could possibly be a different color. The main difference I noticed was the difference in where the dress begins to "flare out." The dress I ordered begins to flare out MUCH higher than the sample dress. You can see in the photos that the original dress I tried on was much more fitted all the way down and flared just above my knees, whereas the dress I ordered flares just below the hip bone. Now, the sample dress was a size 8 and I am a size 0 and I'm 5 foot, so I knew the flare would come up a little, but I didn't think it would come up all the way and take away the fitted mermaid look. Even on the model the flare begins much lower, giving that mermaid look. Why would this be? I did notice that the store decided to order the 55" version of the dress being that I am short. Could that have caused it? I feel as if it no longer gives me that mermaid look or feel being that the flare begins so high up, and doesn't highlight my body.
What are your opinions on this? Do you think if I asked the store to order the longer length and had the bottom hemmed the "flare" wouldn't start so high?
I would appreciate any thoughts or opinions! Thank you!! 
Ps: I also noticed the bodice on the dress I ordered is see-through and the sample was not - turns out the store ordered the wrong version and they are having the lining sent from the designer and are going to sew it in - so that part is hopefully solved.
The Sample dress I originally tried on 
The Sample dress I originally tried on - (fitted throughout and flares above the knee) 
My dress that I ordered (ignore the sleeves hanging on the sides, they will be cut off and I'm adding
spaghetti straps):
Back of my dress that I ordered:
The model photo of the dress
