History Main / LadyInRed

''Film/MaxPayne'' when he meets Natasha.

* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'': Cheryl Blossom embodies this trope.

* It's some crimson-clad satin seduction after strobe room for Max in ''Film/MaxPayne'' when he meets Natasha.

* ''Film/Heathers'': Heather Chandler embodies this trope.

* ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}: Kate Kane in her first appearance in the DCU series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. She's described as having "the kind of beauty that leaves you ''breathless''," while wearing a brilliantly red dress.

* Kate Kane, aka {{ComicBook/Batwoman}}, in her first appearance in the DCU series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. She's described as having "the kind of beauty that leaves you ''breathless''," while wearing a brilliantly red dress.
* ''ComicBook/{{Crimson}}'' had two prominent ladies in red: the resident monster hunter Scarlet Thinbaut X, who wore an all-red sexy combat suit evocative of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'' and the BigBad Lisseth, dressing in a long-red gown sporting some NavelDeepNeckline. While both characters qualify as MsFanservice, they fit the trope in different ways with Lisseth being [[TheVamp openly seductive]], while Scarlet serves as TheHero's LoveInterest. Scarlet's ancestor [[HighClassCallGirl Marraine]] also used to be one, wearing a red cape that marked her as off-limits to any lower louts and available only to noblemen.
* ComicBook/{{Elektra}} wears a red LeotardOfPower and is as known as a devilish temptress as she is for her deadly fighting skills.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'': Etta spends months trying to get Diana "Prince" to wear something that flatters her, and when she finally manages it at a dance Diana is in a floor-length sparkling red dress that clings to her curves and leaves ComicBook/SteveTrevor momentarily speechless.
* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': When Thor was first dating Jane, Odin did not approve of his son dating a mortal, so he sent Amora ComicBook/TheEnchantress to seduce him and break them up. Amora chose the best vamp outfit she could: a red slinky dress complimented with [[PrettyInMink a white mink coat]].

* ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} is a female vampire who wears a red sling-bikini and whose seductiveness is her trademark.

* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'': Jane briefly has an advisor who--upon reading the romance novel she's working on--gives her the vague and frustrating advice to "turn up the volume" and "make it all more sparkly". Jane briefly tries using this trope to do so, before concluding that it's just not working.
-->''She was wearing a red dress. Not because she looked good in red. But she wanted to have been wearing red, later, in the retelling of the story.''

* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'''s [[ChineseGirl Litchi Faye Ling]]. Red UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}? Check. {{Stripperiffic}} and [[{{Fanservice}} flattering]]? Due to NavelDeepNeckline present, check. It's slightly sleeveless, revealing her shoulders, so semi-check on that. [[ShowSomeLeg Reveals luscious legs?]] Check. Is she the resident MsFanservice of the game? Hell yes.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'''s [[ChineseGirl Litchi Faye Ling]]. Red UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}? Check. {{Stripperiffic}} and [[{{Fanservice}} flattering]]? Due to NavelDeepNeckline present, check. It's slightly sleeveless, revealing her shoulders, so semi-check on that. [[ShowSomeLeg Reveals luscious legs?]] Check. Is she the resident MsFanservice of the game? Hell yes.

->''"Red. Red. RED. '''RED''', Charlie boy. Red is the color of sex! Burgundy is the color of hot water bottles! Red is the color of '''sex''' and '''fear''' and '''danger''' and signs that say, ''''Do. Not. Enter.''''"''

->''"Red. Red. RED. '''RED''', Charlie boy. Red is the color of sex! Burgundy is the color of hot water bottles! Red is the color of '''sex''' and '''fear''' and '''danger''' and signs that say, '''"Do. Not. Enter."'''"''

* It's some crimson-clad satin seduction after strobe room for Max in ''Film/MaxPayne''.

* In the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' of ''Literature/TheBible'', the Whore of Babylon is described as wearing red (well, scarlet) and purple (which wasn't always distinguished from red in ancient times) robes.

* Creator/{{Toei}} {{Tokusatsu}} series of the late '80s and early '90s loved this, with both villainesses and heroines donning what was essentially the same figure-hugging red dress with some modifications in between.

* From ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', Gadget in the episode "Double 'O Dale" as part of her femme fatale costume, and one of the few times that she shows awareness of her own sexuality (though later she notes that it's all "part of the act").

* Erica Blandelli of ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}'' is a quite beautiful MagicKnight LadyOfWar, often seen wearing an elegant red dress ([[RedBaron she's even known as]] "[[GratuitousItalian Diavolo Rosso]]", which means "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Red Devil]]" in Italian). She's very passionate and forward about her feelings for [[TheHero Godou Kusanagi]], making her a rare heroic example of a FemmeFatale.

Compare SugarWiki/TheLittleBlackDress, PinkMeansFeminine, PinkIsErotic. Contrast with VirginInAWhiteDress, WidowsWeeds, and RedHotMasculinity. The GlamorousWartimeSinger is often a Lady In Red, as is TheChanteuse; sometimes, the dress will be a HappyHolidaysDress or SexySantaDress.

Compare SugarWiki/TheLittleBlackDress, PinkMeansFeminine, PinkIsErotic. Contrast with VirginInAWhiteDress and WidowsWeeds. The GlamorousWartimeSinger is often a Lady In Red, as is TheChanteuse; sometimes, the dress will be a HappyHolidaysDress or SexySantaDress.

This trope is for grown women only; for little girls, see LittleDeadRidingHood and compare PrincessesPreferPink. Contrast with VirginInAWhiteDress and WidowsWeeds.

Compare SugarWiki/TheLittleBlackDress, PinkMeansFeminine, PinkIsErotic. The GlamorousWartimeSinger is often a Lady In Red, as is TheChanteuse; sometimes, the dress will be a HappyHolidaysDress or SexySantaDress.

Lady in Red is something of an old-fashioned trope, where TheVamp or the FemmeFatale was designated by having her wear bright red formal wear. The Lady in Red wasn't necessarily a slut, but she was strongly sexual, and often had a strong personality. In more prudish times the Lady in Red was considered almost dangerous. [[red:Red]] clothing is also associated with prostitutes, chorus girls and other dancers, and other women attempting to be sexy.

''This trope is about the character type, not the dress itself.'' A character wearing a red outfit does not always make her a Lady in Red.

The GlamorousWartimeSinger is often a Lady In Red, as is TheChanteuse; sometimes, the dress will be a HappyHolidaysDress or SexySantaDress.

This trope is grown women only; for little girls, see LittleDeadRidingHood and compare PrincessesPreferPink. Contrast with VirginInAWhiteDress and WidowsWeeds.

A Lady in Red is sexy. She might be morally ambiguous but she mostly displays a form of sexual availability, a signal that she's ready to fulfill a guy's sexual desires. The Woman in Black may be sexy and enticing but, in sharp contrast to her crimson counterpart, she is also openly menacing and sexually unavailable, especially if her outfit covers her whole body. In any case, the Woman in Black clearly conveys that approaching her is ''not'' a good idea, whereas the Lady in Red ''means'' to arouse lust.

Compare SugarWiki/TheLittleBlackDress, PinkMeansFeminine, PinkIsErotic

Please note that according to Chinese mythology, a woman who dies in a red dress, or commits suicide in one, is able to come back to haunt those who wronged her, which leads to a multitude of ladies in red dresses in Hong Kong horror movies. These ladies are not necessarily a Lady In Red. Additionally, in UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} and throughout Southeast Asia, red is more associated with marriage and love than with sex. Thus, a woman in a red sari is almost never a Lady In Red. All of the ideas above come mostly from Western culture.

* ''Film/{{Hunk}}'': The [[HornyDevils Devil's assistant]], at one of the parties.
* ''Film/IdleHands'': Tanya wears a bright red HornyDevils costume to the Halloween dance and spends a while flirting with and kissing Pnub.

* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': The [[FantasticFoxes Kumiho]] wears a sexy red dress when she seduces her first victim.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In her introductory arc, Boa Hancock wore a revealing red blouse [[NavelDeepNeckline that showed much of her chest]] and a loose sarong that exposed [[ShesGotLegs her long, slender legs]].

* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Ayaka Kisaragi is stunning for a woman her age and is the series' resident [[MsFanservice fanservice character.]] Each episode opens with her wearing a form-fitting red dress (also featured on the cover art), which has [[SexyBacklessOutfit a low-cut back]] and a split seam to [[ShesGotLegs show off her legs]], along with a matching pair of high-heels. It gives her the look of a lounge singer,[[note]]fittingly enough, Ayaka actually sings the opening number at the start of each episode, and [[KaraokeBox karaoke]] is one of her hobbies in-series[[/note]] but she's actually an OccultDetective.