I chose this costume for our five-year-old daughter because it was prettier than the one in the local store.  And it is pretty but Halloween was nearly six months ago and this thing is STILL dropping glitter like crazy.  We are experienced in the area of princess dress-up clothes but this is different.  I even tried washing it (by hand) but the glitter continues to fall.  It does fit our daughter well (she is a little taller than the average five year old) and she loves it.