I was gifted this in the early 1960s when my family lived in germany for 2 years. I never wore it but I sewed them hem up as that was the length that was in style then. It can be lowered or altered however one would want. The label has "chemiefaser mit naturseide" which translates to man-made fibre with natural silk. The white blouse tag states "bügelfrei" which means non-iron. The top alone is cute. A thin woman could wear this. The distance from the underarm seam to seam along the back of the jumper is 16". The waist is 25" around. The distance between the bottom arm seams on the white top is 18", which is how far the elastic bottom stretches out.