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'''Characteristics of the dress will include:'''
* It is [[Captain Obvious|red]], usually {{color|red|scarlet}}. Some variation in color is possible, but a lady in crimson is a borderline
* It is [[Stripperiffic|very... flattering]], or at least [[Fan Service|just flattering enough.]] Particularly if the character has been presented previously in such a way that her physical attributes have not been as much in evidence.
* It is either strapless, sleeveless, [[Sexy Backless Outfit|backless]] or all three, which isn't a problem, given the type of figure most of these women have.
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* Valerie from ''[[Red Riding Hood]]'' because she's...well, [[Little Red Riding Hood|Teenaged Red Riding Hood]].
* In ''[[Jezebel]]'', Julie Marsden (Bette Davis) scandalizes polite society when she shows up to her debutante ball wearing a red dress instead of virginal white.
* The woman in the bar who tries (and comically fails) to seduce One in ''[[The City of Lost Children]]''. At the time, he is devastated over the death of Miette, the film's ''real''
== Literature ==
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* In ''Declarations of War'' by [[Len Deighton]], a woman traveling with the protagonist has two dresses, black and red. She declines to wear the red one in a small Latin American town, as it is pointed out that only one type of woman wears red in those types of towns.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', [[Evil Redhead]] Melisandre of Asshai always appears in a red dress or robes that mark her as a priestess of R'hllor. Thoros of Myr, a follower of the same god, wears much the same thing - except that, by the time of his most recent appearance, [[Real Men Wear Pink|his robes have become very faded]].
* The Whore of Babylon<ref>
* [[X Wing Series|Ysanne Isard]] wears a [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Isard.jpg red version of the white Grand Admiral uniform]. She's not a sexualized villain.
* In ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'', the narrator's mother only dresses in black and white, except for a single red dress she wears to special, mysterious occasions.
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* Red is the traditional color of wedding dresses in China and India.
* [[wikipedia:Elena Udrea|Elena Udrea]], Romanian MP and Minister of Tourism. She wears [http://simioncristian.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/elenaudrea.jpg rather flashy red outfits] sometimes, including at the [http://storage0.dms.mpinteractiv.ro/media/401/781/10376/5195608/1/base-juramant.jpg second inauguration of President Traian Basescu], although the yellow light made it appear orange on TV. And she doesn't shun [http://simioncristian.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/elena-udrea.jpg pink], either.
* Scarlet red in [[Kimono|Kimonese]] stands for sexuality and vigour of youth, being a suitable background colour for a young girl's ''furisode'' or the wedding costume's overcoat ''uchikake'', as well as
* If you didn't happen to catch ''[[Winter's Bone]]'', then you certainly knew who Jennifer Lawrence was after she appeared at the 2011 Oscars in a form-fitting red gown.
* Wearing red dresses to funerals is the ultimate insult to the deceased and means the lady in red is happy the deceased has died... It is akin to saying out loud "good riddance, schmuck!".
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