For any prospective buyers, I'm going to tell you everything you need to know about this costume! I ordered this costume on 1/29 and it arrived in the northeast US by 3/10. I was in touch with customer service even before my purchase to ensure it would arrive in time, and it did. However, it took longer to ship than the website said it would.
About the costume's fit: slightly tight on my 26" waist but manageable. I ordered a medium, and I do think this outfit is made for someone shorter than me (5'4") as it is only about 1" below the start of my inseam. I am around 120 lbs. But I bought lacy bloomers anticipating this and it will work just fine. Definitely better than it being too long IMO and makes my legs look very long. I am about a 36B cup, and I need to use the invisible straps because the bust is too large. However, with the invisible straps, it sits right on my chest.
Fabric: the fabric is my favorite part. It is BEAUTIFUL!! And so luxurious. Nothing is itchy, it's all gorgeous. my favorite are the embossed flowers all over the cape, but the lining is also so soft and the dress fabric is like mermaid skin. So beautiful!! My only gripe with the fabric is that the dark purple parts are much more blue than on Columbina herself, but it still look great and it's a lovely blue. Everything needed a really good steam after it arrived, but it steamed nicely. Even had to re-steam some of the pleats in place and all the fabric cooperated.
Flaws: The biggest flaw I noticed is that none of the bows are sewn in place. In each bow, there are the two tails hanging down, and the "bow" part slides around in the loop that holds it together. It should be sewn in as it falls out quite easily and would be difficult to put back in. I was able to hand sew them all, but there are a lot of bows, so it was time consuming. The clip for two accessories snapped off, as the glue seemed incompatible with the metal clip. I ended up supergluing them together which worked great! Also, there was no loop where there should have been one to clip an accessory, so I had to add that, too.
Overall, this is a gorgeous Columbina costume. I love her so very much and, when I put this costume on, it made me beam in the mirror. It flows beautifully, the little tails that trail out behind are gorgeous, the sleeves sit beautifully. I recommend it, but I would say some sewing skills are needed to make it durable and perfect, and you will have to wait a little bit to receive it!!
Except some small flaws you can easely correct even if you're not someone who sew/craft or anything (like the kuuvaki's tails too long so it stayson the floor, some missing circles to attached the moon accessories) it's 99% perfect!!! The fabrics are beautiful and well done, everything is at my size (except the laces on the neck looking a bit messy)
The huge flaws you have to keep in mind is that the dress is VERY but VERY VERY short and the fabrics are sensible to electricity, it'll stick to your arms and legs everytime
I ordered M size while I usually wear S size, it fits me well but I believe that S size wouldve been more perfect :p


