California Costumes1185 dark riding hood adult-sized costume, black,red, medium

I'm thrilled with this costume!QUALITY: It's about the quality I expect from mass-produced costumes that come in plastic bags, which makes the $40 price tag merely acceptable, not impressive. The stitching and construction are a little shoddy in places, and the material is fairly thin. Don't worry, it's not transparent; just don't expect it to keep you warm. On the upside, the wrinkles come out easily with a toss in the dryer on medium-low heat, and the skirt and cape catch a lot of air and flow beautifully when you move.SIZING AND LENGTH: The dress is stretchy and roomy in the chest. I typically wear a size 10 dress, and the size Medium fits well, although with a C cup I'm just barely filling out the bust. I'm quite narrow-waisted, and given how stretchy the fabric is, I feel like I even would have been able to fit into a Small, so these must simply run a little big. I'm 5'11" and the Medium just barely goes all the way to the floor.USE: The best thing about this costume is its versatility. As a full-length gown, you would probably feel comfortable wearing this to a work function or around children, but you can hitch the skirt up a bit and add some knee-high boots and stockings if you want to play up the sex appeal in a different environment. The lace-front corset is flattering, especially if you have an hourglass shape to begin with.ACCESSORIZING: There are a few easy things you can do to take this costume from "oh hey nice costume" to "WOW."1) Wear knee-high black boots.2) There's a little red fabric rosette on the corset, right at mid-bust. Snip it off. It's the only thing on the costume that's red-red instead of blood-red, and it looks cheap and out of place.3) Add some black gloves with lace-up detail. I found the perfect ones on Prime for $4.4) Find a black and/or red embellished brooch or pendant at a thrift shop or antique store, or buy the materials at a craft store and make your own. Clip this on to the ties of the cape, right at your neck, and cut off the cape ties or pin them out of the way. Your cape now has a dazzling choker effect, and the embellishment makes up for the lost rosette from the bust.5) Forget the useless ribbons that are built in to tie the skirt up on one side (as pictured). The skirt bunches up in an unflattering manner and adds bulk to your hips when you tie it that way. Do this instead: with the skirt hanging at full length, keep your legs straight and bend over to grab a pinch of fabric at each knee with each hand. Keeping the skirt fabric taut horizontally between your hands, pull it straight up and pin your pinches, one on each side, under the black flap of the corset top, right at the hips. TA-DA! You've magically created a trendy hi-low hem, which will show a little leg while it's pinned yet fall right back down to a conservative skirt whenever you wish to unpin it. (Play with the length; you may wish to grab lower or higher than the knee, depending on how the dress hangs on you and how much leg you want to show.)6) If you're feeling bold in the makeup department, attempt a paw-swipe of bloody claw marks across your face or neck.7) Two words: red lipstick.I give a wholehearted recommendation of this product to people about my age - late 20s, early 30s - who want to have fun in a flattering costume on Halloween but have outgrown (or, ideally, never even entered) the typical X-rated costume phase. This is a fun one. I'll be keeping it around to wear again next year and/or loan out to friends.

I received a lot of compliments but I made a few adjustments to the costume. First the corset's tie slots were mis sewn with one side higher than the other so I skipped the top left and btm right. You don't need all of them anyway, it's better to skip every other row. It is so much more sexier to lift one side but don't use the ribbon provided. Pick up the seam two inches from the btm and just pin it under the corset. Not bulky and no exposed ribbon. As far as the size goes, if you are on the larger side of say 8-10 med, get the large or you will be squeezing into this dress. This dress is perfect for C-cups, if you are larger be ready to show off the Girls because there is no amount of pinning you can do to hide them. Otherwise this dress will certainly bring out the Vixen in you. The Cape flow so beautifully someone asked if they could video tape it. I must say I looked Spooktacular!

Very cute. I had to do a bit of alteration on the chest because it was way too revealing, what you see in my pic is after that alteration.Long skirt, so if you want to stay warm you can wear something under it.After wearing I machine washed and hung dry, and it held up well.

I bought this in December for next halloween. OK, sue me for wanting to be prepared.To start with I am 5' 7" and weigh about 120 with a C cup, I ordered a medium. That seems to work out pretty well although the cups were a little loose, lacing it up should alleviate that issue. The dress and cloak both hang all the way to the floor. I plan to modify it to make it shorter for what I need.The quality of the material is pretty good for a costume, but not something that would last as long as normal wear. I am a little surprised the cloak is slightly thicker than I expected as I though it would be paper-thin. It's pretty decent... it's a shame that I'm going to partially shred it for my Little Red Riding Wolf costume.

Ich hatte meine Erwartungen nicht allzu hoch gesteckt, nachdem die Halloween- oder Faschings-Kostüme, die ich bisher gekauft habe, allesamt sehr schlecht verarbeitet waren. Dieses hier hat meine Erwartungen daher deutlich übertroffen. Ich bin 173cm groß und trage noralerweise Größe 38. ich habe das Kostüm in M bestellt und es passt sehr gut. An der Taille ist es etwas groß für mich, aber durch die Schnüre lässt sich das gut anpassen. Die Länge ist für mich gerade noch gut, hohe Schuhe dürfte ich allerdings nicht dazu tragen. An der Brust passt es bei mir perfekt, könnte aber für andere Frauen zu groß sein (ich trage 75D). Der Stoff ist recht dünn, liegt aber angenehm auf der Haut. Alles in allem ein echter Hingucker!