1 Dress 4 Looks Take 62

You’ve already seen it, if you follow my blog regularly, but allow me to present The Dumb Burger Dress, officially known as Summer Fairy’s Limited Meal JSK. It’s such a silly dress that it instantly becomes universally loved, including by people with zero interest in sweet lolita or even lolita in general. To tell you the truth, I didn’t have the usual resources to think of a tonne of majorly original ideas for coords to feature in this post. Despite that, I think that there is a good range of ready-to-use ideas and almost-there works in progress, so I won’t complain either.

Look 1: Mains and Dessert

| The Seamstress of Bloomsbury Jive blouse | Axes Femme cardigan | Angelic Pretty Odekake Ribbon OTKs | Bodyline shoes | Angelic Pretty Twinkle Star headbow | offbrand hair clip | Mojiangxiaopu hair clip | Milkribbon Butterkeks brooch | Fluffy Tori Tea Party Hard pin | Risu Rose ring | Cutie Craze Cafe ring | Angelic Pretty Melty Ribbon Chocolate ring |

Whilst not that clear on these pictures, the print on this dress isn’t just burgers and fries - there are also ice-cream sundaes on there. So in an attempt to play off those brown/chocolate vibes, I wanted to try something with this cardigan specifically. And I’ll be the first one to put my hand up and say that this came out better than I anticipated.

Look 2: Diner Worker

| The Seamstress of Bloomsbury Jive blouse | BtSSB Border OTKs | offbrand shoes and hair clip | handmade hair tie and bracelets |

The one time in my life where a maid-style headdress would’ve actually been perfect… But even without one, the idea of this being more of a waitress uniform still comes across. Sneakers are a necessity for a job that has you on your feet all day, so even though those aren’t the best match, they are still white. Bracelets are the lolita compromise since otherwise the arms would’ve been a bit bare. With the right hair and makeup styling this could be a really cute casual look.

Look 3: Pattern Overload

| Laura Ashley blouse | BtSSB Border OTKs | Elf Armorie Cupid’s Heart shoes | offbrand beret | Chrysanthemum’s Concerto Lost in the Garden of Eden headbow |

This coord is a bit on crack, I know. It exists mostly to see what would happen if I threw all these patterns together. It’s wild, that’s for sure, but not quite as offensive to the eyes as it could’ve been? Maybe it’s because it’s all single colour that it manages to sort of work. And because since it’s patterns everywhere, I did not add any accessories to not actually overload it. Whatever it is, it hasn’t exploded the moment it all was together and that’s a success.

Look 4: Fried Until Golden

| Pinky Girls cardigan | Roji Roji socks | offbrand shoes | Angelic Pretty Twinkle Star headbow | Beholder Fashions headpiece | Candy Kitsch earrings | Jule et Lily brooch | Risu Rose ring | Sweet Dolly House Candy Bon Bon ring |

It doesn’t matter that it started off as inspired by all those fried foods on the print leading me towards yellows, it just ended up as a McDonald’s inspired coord. And you know what, that’s ok, I’m fine with that. It isn’t what I intended, but it’s a decent outcome nonetheless. A very apt one too considering the theme of the print and the fast food chain that dominates the global market. The touches of pink may be random and a bit too few to read as fully intentional, but the brooch is the only one I own that has something actually yellow and once it was there, it felt too lonely, so I threw in the pink earrings as well.


Considering how little thought went into these four coords, they have all turned out ok. Definitely on the safer side, by which I mean using formulas and pieces that are tried and tested, but if there aren’t enough brain cells to experiment with, there’s no point in forcing yourself to be original. This dress is poised to stay with me for a long time to come, so there will be enough opportunities to try something more outside of the box with it in that time.