It was altered to have a sweat heart neckline and it was hemmed. I am 5'4", but is still long since I wore high heels. I wore my dress once on my wedding night. I have had it professionally cleaned and it looks like it has normal wear and a little discoloration where it dragged on the floor, but you can hardly tell because the layers on top are very clean and white. There is a tiny hole in the lace in the back that could easily be patched with a new piece of lace either taken from another part of the dress. It is a size 14, but I think I was a size 12 or 10 at the time. Wedding dresses run small. I spent $150 to get it cleaned and the dress was bought for $2500.
