"Other people are deciding that it is less illumination on a white/gold dress (it is in shadow, but more reflective)." In other words, our individual sensitivity to the blue background lighting of the photo is changing how we see the object in the image
[36] By 2001, popular mainstream trends included tight shirts, bell bottoms, platform shoes, [27] [62] fleeces, cropped tank tops, Union Jack motifs inspired by the Cool Britannia movement, [63] and military inspired clothing, such as flak jackets with camouflage patterns
But I got the gist
To avoid shrinkage with this item, and all your cotton fabrics in general, do not put in the dryer
I knew it would be a sea of white at the event, so I wanted to style my dress a bit different than I typically would