I've had this chair for about 7 months and I got the beige color. The chair was beautiful when it first arrived. The surrounding seat is tight and I would not recommend it for thick-hipped people. I have 47 inch hip diameter and I just barely fit. I used this chair everyday and early on I noticed the fabric pills quite a bit. Then my 50 lbs daughter was messing around in the chair and fell over in it. Well apparently it doesn't take much to crack the weld from the base into the seat. Now the chair leans foreword and you feel like you are sliding out of the chair.