I thought I was buying a skirt with an elastic waist. The description of the product did not specify a zipper and from the picture it looked elastic. Now I have to pay a seamstress to replace the waist. Also the liner of the skirt is useless and makes the very lovely skirt too bulky--that needs to be removed as the liner is not necessary since the skirt is not transparent! Other than the fact that my costs will now be about $20-30 more the skirt is quite nice and comfortable!