You are shown confirmation photos before your custom dress is shipped but be warned that the photos I was shown were VERY different from the original design and incredibly misleading.
I was not told what dramatic deviations from the original design would be made AT ALL. The changes were only apparent after the order was accepted and the dress was already completed. By this point I could only receive a 40% refund. This leads me to believe they are happy to accept and shoddily attempt any custom design regardless of what they are actually capable of.
The changes and functional issues were not obvious until the dress was delivered and tried on. The dress itself was too large and made to fit a generic mannequin, despite the measurements they requested/I sent in. The material is a cheap stretch fabric. The sleeves were an entirely different design that was nothing like that of the inspiration dress. The skirt of the dress moves and collects incredibly awkwardly (it looks like I'm smuggling a deflated bike tire in the hem of the skirt). When the dress is worn, within just a few minutes of walking, the top stretches, rolls, and pulls down exposing the top half of my body.
These issues were not obvious from a posed photo on a still mannequin and make the dress completely non-functional as a dress.