I received the product about 1/3 bent. I knowingly purchased it as a "Returned, guaranteed expected item." So, I don't know if it was sent bent, got bent in transit. In either case, it doesn't like as shinny and designerly as in the photo. It looked more tribal, more of a tarnished metal like an aluminum can. I DIY'ed it: straightened it out, spray painted it shinny silver, and bedazzeled the heck out of it.