Attire: Butterfly Dress

Worn: During the Resident Evil 4 Main Game
Influences: Traditional Chinese Costume
Full Images:
GCN RE4 Render
PS2 RE4 Render
Concept Art

Dress

Ada's dress is rather unique, as it seems to be a combination of a cheongsam and a 40's halter top. It's in her trademark magenta/cranberry color, hugs the body, and reaches all the way down to her ankles. There's also a slit on her right side that travels up to her hip.

The top part of the dress is "v-necked" with a small strip of black fabric. In the center of the chest area, the dress is scrunched, creating little folds. A single strip of the cranberry/magenta color holds up the dress by going around the neck and having the ends attach next to both sides of the black "v" strip.

On the left side of the dress from top to bottom, a lovely pattern of Asian-inspired butterflies, flowers, and vines is displayed. Some of the pattern starts on the front and wraps around the side to the back of the dress. This is a rather complicated design that is difficult to fully describe in words, so check the pictures out to get a better idea.

In the back of the dress in the middle, there is a long, thin "v" cut at the top that reaches from Ada's lower mid back to her lower back. It's tied shut with string, like a corset would be. It criss-crosses about five times. At the end of little v-cut, the seam of the dress can be seen all the way down to the end of the dress.

Neck Band

A long black ribbon is wrapped around Ada's neck. From the front, it appears as just a band, but in the back, the ends are looped through a circular gold ring, where they dangle all the way down her back.

Pumps

Gracing Ada's feet are black heels about 4 inches high with a slightly rounded pointed toe. On the front of these, two scrunched straps criss cross. The upper heel is cut off from the front part of the shoe and has an unusual rounded shape.

Holster

Around Ada's right leg, are two black bands. On the bottom band, a gun holster is attached as well as a sheath for her knife. Attached to the upper band is the case for the communication device she uses to contact Wesker. This was later added in the PS2 version and cannot be seen in most scenes.

Sunglasses

Wesker's style must have rubbed off on Ada, as she now dons her very own pair of sunglasses. They have a dark reddish-brown half frame and semi-rounded black lenses.