Love the dress!.
Women have to face just as much crap in this department as men do, as you can learn by reading many of the threads here. And there are plenty of women "hating" about men's preferences, too..
I know talking to multiple people online is somehow the universally accepted rule, but it is, in my opinion, the number one reason why it doesn't work..
Unless your stats are Fabio the 6'7" horsehung dark and handsome self made millionaire you're unlikely to get much female attention though online dating.