While cute enough to keep (w/o the hood), I returned this in the end because the color was just TOO Red...  and I LOVE red.  I was already thinking this when a friend said it tipped to the "tacky" side.  If it came in other colors in my size that i like, I likely would buy it.

It came well packaged.  Zipper gold was protected.  The material was decent being thicker.  It did have quite a few loose strings that had to be trimmed, but that's not a big deal to me. I didn't like the hood at all as I felt it took it from a sexy vest to a too casual hoody to work with the faux leather.  Maybe if it was something other than simple cotton.  I didn't like the placement of the buttons for it so I would have just had to let them rub on my collar as removing would have left a noticeable hole.  But again, decent enough for the price.