This dress is very long. I guess that's how people in the renaissance period dressed though. I ordered the small/medium and I'm about 5 ft 3 in tall and 120 lbs, medium build. It fits well around my body, it's just the length of the dress and the sleeves that gets me. I have a small bust so I'll have to take in the chest part a bit to prevent people from seeing my bra if I bend over. The bottom of the dress touches the floor even when I wear high heel boots. When I hold my arms straight out in front of me you still can't see my hands lol. I will have to do some altering, which I don't really mind. I just wish sellers had more specific sizing options...Anyway, the gold trim that you see in the picture is actually a green and gold oriental-looking design. Kinda like something you would see on Chinese traditional clothes or something? I personally think it's a very pretty trim design, although I would've paired it with something other than a deep purple color. I do still really like the dress and it's pretty enough to wear to a renaissance festival I think. The price was alright too. At least it's cheaper than the local party store where I live and cheaper than most of the sellers on amazon and it's not really cheap-looking.