A size 12 mum who bought a Boohoo dress for her friend’s 30th birthday party claims her confidence has been knocked after the garment left her exposed.

Natalie Jade Magill, 28, purchased the navy blue dress through the ASOS website on February 15 and excitedly tried it on when it arrived the next day.

The slinky plunge twist front midi dress on both the Boohoo and ASOS websites appears to protect the models’ modesty - with the centre split only revealing their thighs.

But when international marketing director Natalie, who is 5ft 8ins, slipped into the £20 garment she says she was overexposed as the split started just below her belly button.

Despite Natalie and her husband laughing hysterically at the time, the mum of one says Boohoo’s poor design has been a blow to her self-esteem.

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Natalie, from Hyde, Tameside, said: “I ordered it for a friend’s 30th birthday event. As soon as I had the opportunity to try it on I did and was pretty excited to slip it on.

“The colour initially looked a little different to the image but it was still nice so it didn’t put me off.

“Putting it on it felt nice but as I positioned it I knew something wasn’t quite right.

“I was actually howling laughing at it and thought ‘surely this can’t be right?’ My husband also fell about laughing, I don’t even think a bigger size would have helped.

“After having my son, I was already feeling body conscious and have been working so hard in the gym.

“To have something like this not fit, it just completely knocked me and meant I then had to go on the hunt for something else which is frustrating and annoying.”

During her pregnancy with her miracle IVF baby, nine months, Natalie gained 3st 7lbs but has worked hard to lose all her baby weight and regain her confidence.

While the dress not fitting her correctly was a blow for Natalie, the businesswoman believes it is down to the design as the mum knows others who have had the same issue.

After her frock shock, the mum also returned to the ASOS website and noticed that in one of the photos, the model appears to be using her hand to cover the ‘gaping hole’.

Natalie returned the dress a few days after the incident and has received a full and ‘extremely quick’ refund from ASOS.

Natalie said: “I went back to the original image and noticed the model had her hand across the gaping hole which now makes sense as it’s probably designed that way.

“But why you’d want a dress like that I don’t know.

“I returned the dress a few days later and ASOS have been extremely quick to rectify and refund.

“It hasn’t completely put me off using Boohoo as a company but I know I’m not the first to sadly have this issue.”

An ASOS spokesman said they wouldn’t be offering a comment on the matter.

Boohoo have been approached for comment.