RubiesRubies Child's Forum Colonial Girl Costume Dress, Large for Themed Parties and Halloween

We needed a costume for Colonial Day field trip and with less than a week to get that organized - this saved the day. I read the reviews that it was cheap and thin....well it's a $20 costume so not sure why you would expect something of high quality for that price. If you're looking for something to do the trick and not break the bank then is this is perfect. The material is polyester - the apron and bonnet are thinner but it fit perfectly and looked great! The medium was a perfect fit for my 9yr old who is on the small side - she wears a 7/8 and she has room for growth so I would say it would fit an average 9-11yr old well. For the price, this exceeded my expectations especially since there were so many reviews on the quality....perhaps I was bracing for something awful - but I thought it was a great little costume and well worth the $20.

Love this costume for my daughters 13 colonies project! It was better than I expected when I got it. She was a little nervous when I told her I ordered her an outfit to wear for her presentation but she loved it too and wore it all day, she loved the bonnet style hat. I got it the next day which was unexpected and really fast shipping. We got the large which my daughter is a size 10-12 normally but if I would have purchased the medium it would have been too small. If your child is in between on the size chart I would go with the larger size. My only complaint were some of the strings on the apron were hanging but I just cut them and burned the end off so it didn’t fray. Great costume and pretty good quality for the price.

I bought this for my daughter because her class had pioneer day and she had to dress the part and I wasn't going to sew a costume together. It looks like the picture and is an economical price but in pioneer times they didn't have clothes that shined like this does. If it was a matte material it would've looked a lot more authentic. I bought a size small and it was a bit big for my daughter she wore a size 7 at the time. It's a lot like other dress up clothes it has 2 Velcro strips to close the back of the dress so I had her wear clothes underneath this costume on pioneer day. My daughter was happy and I didn't have to make anything so win-win. It worked for our needs and didn't cost too much...actually another girl in her class wore the same one lol.

My daughter wore this for her Patriot's night at school and looked so cute in it! I worry about fit for her because she is tall and VERY lean, but since I could tie the apron in the back, it ended up being a perfect fit. The fabric was very comfortable for her and seemed to be good quality. I had several people ask if I had made the costume for her. She even asked if it could be her Halloween costume next year. The only thing I would have changed was the bonnet. The ruffles wanted to fall at weird angles and down over her forehead instead of having a nice arch to them as pictured.

My 4th grade daughter needed to wear colonial dress for the school Colonial Fair. This costume was perfect -- it was comfortable and historically accurate enough for elementary school. The price was right and it was delivered quickly, even though I couldn't get it via Prime. I would definitely recommend and we will be passing the dress along for use next year. In terms of sizing, this fit my daughter well, although she is only the very small side for a 4th grader.

"We" are working on my second grader's assigment to write a story about Priscilla Alden and come in dressed in character to present to the class. Instead of fumblimg through the close and coming up with assorted items we went right to Amazon.Com. MY daughter knows I am an Amazon Prime member and as a single mom of three it is the best small investment you can make that will give you endless benefits. Within a short time we found an inexpensive costume. It arrived in two days, as a Prime Member, and this costume is really well made for the price. The material is silky and the detaiing and lace totally kick it up a notch. With countless of Halloween costumes and school plays for three kids, two who are already in high school, I am enthralled. It will arrive in one of those plastic bags with the hanger like you would get in Party City or Walmart or wherever you would pick up a costume, but when you take it out of the bag you can see the difference. This costume can compete with the $75+ costume I purchased from Birthday Party Express so my little one could be "Dorothy" from the Wizard of Oz to match her birthday theme. The one condition I had given her was that with that much spent, Dorothy is getting another outing this Halloween. We are both very pleased!

My daughter needed it for Colonial Day. I thought it would not be good quality. But it was good fitting, a little to clumped up but it is fine. I recommend getting a large. A cheap & wonderful costume!

I gave this item a one star rating because it was very wrinkled & we needed it for a school project; and we found out (after purchase and reading the label), that the item was not able to be machine washed nor ironed nor dried (in a dryer) & it had a fire hazard warning. The items it said were included were & it did fit my stepdaughter according to labeled size, but she said the lace was very itchy. Not happy with this purchase, especially the amount we had to pay for the item.