Well, who would’ve thought… I genuinely did not expect to lay my paws on the Axes Femme Kawaii Coca-Cola collab JSK, yet here we are. Many thanks to @kirstteas for acting like my shopping service, I would not have been able to do this without her. At this point you would’ve seen me wear this a few different ways already, but there’s never a bad time for making more coords with this dress.
Look 1: Winter Coke
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| | Lady Sloth Snowflake Lace blouse | offbrand boots, laces, boot toppers, capelet, earrings, necklace, and rings | Angelic Pretty Lovely Ribbon OTKs | Chrysanthemum’s Concerto headpiece | vintage brooch | Peacockalorum muff | |
Most of the coords I’ve done so far with this JSK have been somewhat festive – so let’s continue that gorgeous tradition! This one is of the more wintery variety with elements that will actually keep you warm (they don’t look it, but they do a pretty good job, I promise). The whites vs the ivories thing bothers me a little, but I think that there are enough of the former to lift the latter just about enough to work.
Look 2: Cherry Coke
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| | The Seamstress of Bloomsbury Jive blouse | Angelic Pretty Wrapping Cherry socks | Elf Armorie Cupid’s Heart shoes | offbrand hair clip, necklace, and brooch | handmade earrings | Sweet Dolly House ring | Bow and Crossbones bangles | DreamV heart bag | |
Cherry Coke might not be my cup of tea, but cherry and coke as an outfit vibe totally is. You know that I’d do something cute and retro with this dress, it’s literally made for this and practically begging for that vibe! These pieces are guaranteed to work together, so the coord is a no-brainer. It just needs some warmer weather. Also, yes, I know that unironed blouses don't make for the prettiest of flatlays, but I wasn't getting all the ironing stuff out just for this one pic. You'll have to bear with me being a lazy blogger. This is what real life is like.
Look 3: Coca-Cola Parintins
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| | Lady Sloth chiffon crop top | Bodyline shoes | offbrand socks | Angelic Pretty Twinkle Sky headbow | BtSSB Princess Drop hair combs | Angelic Pretty Fancy Crepe necklace | Angelic Pretty Cute Ribbon wrist cuffs | handmade bracelets | Banned Retro Bella belt | |
There is a tiny bit of light blue on the print, right around the Coca-Cola logo, and ever since I received the dress I’d been itching to try a coordinate that incorporates that as an accent colour. I could’ve gone a more casual route with the AP cutsew cardigan, sneakers, and a scrunchie (still might one day), but for this post I decided to try something a little bit more dressed up. Whilst putting this together I learnt that blue Coca-Cola cans are a real thing, so this coord even managed to be somewhat canon-accurate.
Look 4: Coke Zero
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| | New Look cutsew | Coca-Cola scarf | Snag Sweetheart tights | Vivienne Westwood x Melissa Anglomania shoes | offbrand beret and bracelet | vintage necklace | Lady Sloth brooch | |
This particular dress came with a black Coca-Cola scarf from the seller. So it only feels fair to try at least one coord that uses black as a base. I still envision this being styled very retro, this dress leans itself so well to all sorts of kitsch stuff because of that print, so why resist it? Besides, I don’t do black-based retro coords nearly often enough, might as well make up for that here.
Just having this dress in my possession brings me plenty of joy. It’s firmly a part of my Dumb Dress series (because that’s something that I now apparently have) and having gone from not believing that I’d ever own it, I am stoked to see what I will end up accomplishing with it. And if the summer is as hot this year as it was last, then I’ll even have a stab at wearing it as a halterneck sundress with some sandals. Right now though I feel an unusual for me craving for some Coca-Cola.
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