Jailbird Child Medium Costume B001TZS70A

Jailbird Child Medium Costume - 1.5 out of 5 stars from 2 customer reviews


Kind of lame for a convict costume
First of all, I am not familiar with convicts/prisoners wearing caps like the one provided. Even the ones who work in the kitchen are more likely to wear hair nets than a cap like the one provided. Secondly, the costume is made out of a very thin, silky material which is not really ideal for cool Halloween nights. We had to put running pants under my son's costume which took away from the outfit. The fact that it is silky and very new looking doesn't come across as very authentic for a prisoner's outfit. Due to the type of material used, it is not very durable especially because it would not wash well and if dried, would likely shrink. The inmate number tag that the costume comes with is made of paper and needs to be pinned on. Again, not very authentic. They could have sewn a patch on pretty inexpensively. All in all, the costume did the job, but I feel a little more time and effort could have been put into the quality of the costume even if it had to cost a little more...

Cute, but very cheap quality
My 9-year-old son wore this costume for Halloween. In addition to the shirt, pants and hat that come in the kit, we added "razor stubble" and a couple of scars to his face with black eye liner, plus he already had a pair of toy handcuffs which he wore on one wrist. He was the only prisoner we saw this year at both his school Halloween parade and when out trick-or-treating, so it was unique in that respect. However, he won't be wearing it again. The costume material is very poor quality. I thought it was made of nyon, but the information states polyester. The pants and shirt "ran" like nylons wherever the material was pulled/stretched, such as the thigh area, in between the shoulders, and arm seams. There wasn't really any way to repair it, so we pitched it at the end of the night. We've had cheap costumes before, but not any that couldn't be worn a second time. Would not recommend.



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