8 Kinds of Casual Kawaii Clothing You Must Try This Summer

The summer in the Northern Hemisphere is so hot that even true Lolita fashion lovers are starting to wear their beloved lolita dresses less often. Why not take this opportunity to expand some daily clothes, even if not as exaggerated as lolita fashion, but definitely not less cute and also more comfortable to wear in hot weather.

In addition to Sweet Lolita and Gothic lolita, which are particularly eye-catching, there are also other Japanese street fashions that are more suitable for daily wear.

For example, Yume Kawaii(Pastel Cute), Yami Kawaii("Sick-cute" Kawaii), Otome Kei(Cute Modern City Girl Vibe), Mori Kei(Natural Forest Girl Vibe), Sailor Outfit JK Uniforms, and Blazer-style JK Uniforms are all excellent choices if you want to try cute casual clothing.

While Bitter-sweet Kawaii, Gayaru Hot Girl Suit, Steampunk Casual, Punk Cute, Pastel Goth, Elegant Goth, and Y2K Fashion are more welcomed by "spicey girls" who want to try cool street fashion or sexy casual clothing.

Contents:
1. Yume Kawaii (Pastel Dreamy Cute)
- • Disney Cartoon Print T-shirts
- • Cute Cartoon Print T-shirts
- • Pastel Colored Tiered Skirts
2. Yami Kawaii ("Sick-Cute" Kawaii)
- • "Sick Cute" Print T-shirts
- • Nightmare/Injured-themed Print T-shirts
3. Sailor Outfit JK Uniforms
- • Good School Girl Vibe
  - ▫ Sailor Top+Pleated Skirts
- • Bad School Girl Vibe
  - ▫ Sailor Collar Long Dress
- • IP Co-branded Sailor Outfits
  - ▫ Sanrio Characters
  - ▫ Sakura Captor
4. Blazer-style JK Uniforms
- • Blazer-style JK Uniforms
- • Plaid Pleated Skirts
- • JK Uniforms Ties/Bow Ties

5. Bitter-sweet Kawaii (Cool Kawaii)
- • Bittersweet Coord "Sweet Cool Girl Vibe"
  - ▫ Dress Suit/Split Dress Suit
  - ▫ Designed Top
  - ▫ Cami Top/Tank Top
  - ▫ Shorts/Skirts
- • Dark Color Coord "Dark Cool Girl Vibe"
  - ▫ T-shirts with Cool Design
  - ▫ Mini Skirts/Shorts
  - ▫ Retro Jeans
6. Gyaru Party Girl Suit
- • Kogyaru —"Hot Schoolgirls"
  - ▫ Top + Mini Skirts
  - ▫ Loose Bubble Socks
- • Harajuku Fashion Girl with "Otaku Vibe"
  - ▫ ACG Print T-shirts
7. Punk Cute — Rock Girl Vibe
- • Punk Plaid Skirts / PU Skirts
8. Y2K Fashion
- • Cropped Top+Jeans

1.Yume Kawaii (Pastel Dreamy Cute)

Yume Kawaii is a casual pastel dreamy aesthetic, which is one of the two main substyles of Fairy Kei, along with Yami Kawaii.

What is Fairy Kei Fashion?
• Fairy Kei is a youth street fashion that originated from Harajuku.
• The main feature of Fairy Kei Fashion is to pursue the "Sensastianl Kawaii (super cute)" look by wearing pastel-colored, "Fuwa Fuwa (soft and fluttery)", and "Kira Kira (glittering)" clothing.
• Evolved from Decora Kei, Fairy Kei is also inspired by 80's cute cartoon characters. Nostalgic motifs and themes are commonly seen in this vintage, retro kawaii aesthetic.
• Nowadays, this kind of pastel Japanese pop fashion from the 1980s is often used as a casual Sweet Lolita.

Yume Kawaii is more modern than Fairy Kei and features motifs that are related to Japanese pop cultures such as magic girls and shoji manga, etc.

Yume Kawaii — Pastel, Dreamy, Fairytale, Light Material

There are two main coordinate ideas for Yume Kawaii as shown below.

Yume Kawaii Coordinate Idea 1: Cartoon print T-shirt + Pastel Colored Tiered Skirt

Yume Kawaii Coordinate Idea 2: Cartoon print T-shirt + Pleated Skirt

Here are some recommended cute cartoon print T-shirts and pastel-colored tiered skirts for anyone who loves the 80s or 90s fashion. You can click Yume Kawaii to find more pastel items on our site.

Disney Cartoon Print T-shirts

Cute Cartoon Print T-shirts

Pastel Colored Tiered Skirts

2. Yami Kawaii("Sick-cute" Kawaii)

Yami Kawaii is a "sick-cute" aesthetic that was derived from Yume Kawaii. Yami(病み) means "sick" or "mentally anguished" in Japanese and is used to refer to mental health issues and darker themes.

Yami Kawaii is a way to incorporate slight darkness into your outfit, even though it looks cute.

Menhera Chan - Magical Girl with Mental Health Issues

Yume Kawaii V.S. Yami Kawaii
• Yami Kawaii was derived from Yume Kawaii.
• People who like Yume Kawaii may like sugary darkness, they are tired of life and full of fantasy at the same time. Yami Kawaii is darker but still cute.
• The difference between Yume Kawaii and Yami Kawaii is that Yume Kawaii is a pastel, fairytale, fantasy-like, and dreamy fashion while Yami Kawaii is a sick-cute kawaii aesthetic featuring slightly depressing elements in pastel colors.

The key to finishing a Yami kawaii coord is to add some dangerous or slightly depressing elements. For example, you can have a Yami twist on your pastel outfit by wearing a print T-shirt with "offensive" text(such as "Kill you"), depressing text like" I want to die", "nightmarish" patterns, and evil characters, all in pastel.

Here are some coordinate examples of Yami Kawaii with slightly dark elements.

Yami Kawaii Coordinate Idea 1: Sick-cute Print T-shirt + Short Skirt

"Sick Cute" Print T-shirts

Yami Kawaii Coordinate Idea 2: "Nightmare"/ Injured-themed T-shirts + Short Skirts/Shorts

"Nightmare"/ Injured-themed Print T-shirts

3. Sailor Outfit JK Uniforms

Sailor Outfits is one of the two common styles of JK uniform, the other one is the blazer-style uniform.

What is JK Uniform?
• JK is the abbreviation of the Japanese word "Joshi Koukousei (女子高中生)" which means "female high school student". The JK uniform is the uniform that Japanese girls must wear every day in school.
• JK Uniform was worn by Japanese female students in junior high school, but now it's considered a casual Kawaii fashion.

Sailor outfit JK uniform normally contains a sailor fuku top(normally with a sailor collar, or a bowtie) and an adorable pleated skirt(normally high waist).

Different styles of sailor outfits have different vibes as shown below.

3.1 Good School Girl Vibe

Sailor Top + Pleated Skirt

3.2 Bad School Girl Vibe

Sailor Collar Long Dresses

3.3 IP Co-branded Sailor Outfits

Sanrio JK Uniforms

4. Blazer-style JK Uniforms

A set of blazer-style JK uniforms normally includes a cute pleated skirt, normally high waist, and a short shirt with a bowtie matching the skirt for summer.

Blazer-style JK uniforms are commonly seen in Japanese comics. It has a strong Japanese anime high school girl's vibe and become more and more popular to wear as a kawaii casual daily outfit.

Blazer-style JK Uniforms

Blazer+Shirt(tie/bowtie)+Pleated Skirt

Pleated Plaid Skirts

A good choice of tie/bow tie is another key to finishing off a good JK Uniform coordinate. Make sure the color and pattern of the tie match the skirt. We offer bow ties and ties in different colors and styles on our site.

JK Uniform Ties / Bow Ties

5. Bitter-sweet Kawaii (Cool Kawaii)

On our site, Bittersweet Kawaii refers to those cute casual wear in the black or darker colorway and sometimes has a slightly Gothic influence.

You can find two main kinds of bittersweet kawaii on our site: Sweet Cool Girl Casual Wear and Darker Color Coord Cool Girl Casual Wear.

Bittersweet Coord "Sweet Cool Girl Vibe"

Dress Suit

Split Dress Suit

Designed Tops

Cami Top /Tank Top

Skirts / Shorts

Darker Color Coord "Dark Cool Girl Vibe"

T-shirts With Cool Prints/ Design

Mini Skirts / Shorts

Jeans / Pants

6. Gyaru Party Girl Suit

Gyaru fashion is a heavily western-influenced Japanese subculture, which was inspired by the popular late 1980s American action drama series.

Gyaru Fashion goes against Japanese societal norms and notions of beauty. At that time women were expected to be housewives and to fit certain Asian beauty standards such as having pale skin and dark hair. So you can consider Gyaru Fashion an exaggeration and over-representation of American teenage party culture in Japan.

What is Gyaru?
• Gyaru(ギャル) means "girl or young woman" in Japanese. It's a Japanese way to speak the English slang word GAL.
• In the 1990s, the popular musician Namie Amuro (安室奈美惠) brought on the peak of the Gyaru fashion trend. At that time, a high school girl with long brown hair, dark skin, a mini skirt, and loose bubble socks was a common sighting on the Shibuya (涩谷) or Harajuku(原宿) shopping street.
• This "School Party Girl" gyaru style is called "Kogyaru or Kogal Fashion", which is the very first and the most popular gyaru subculture of the gyaru culture. Kogyaru or kogal means "high school girls" in Japanese. Kogyaru Fashion was heavily centered on schoolgirls shortening their school skirts, having colored nails, and colored hair.
Later, the new Gyaru style with white skin and light blonde hair represented by singer Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ) became popular, and it also gained considerable popularity in other countries.

The typical look of a "Gyaru" is tanned skin, brown-colored or bleached hair, overly expensive bags, and "Japanese Party Girl Vibe" clothing such as a mini school girl skirt, loose bubble socks, etc.

Therefore, except for the whole "gyaru makeup" mentioned above, the key of build up a Japanese Gyaru coord is a super mini skirt, which could be a mini school skirt if you want to try the Kogyaru. Bubble loose socks are also an important part of putting together a Kogyaru outfit.

Kogyaru —— "Hot Schoolgirls" / "Harajuku Fashion Girls"

Top + Mini Skirts

Loose bubble socks, which first appeared in JK Uniforms, are commonly seen in Japanese Kogyaru fashion, Punk Fashion, and Y2K Fashion.

Loose Bubble Socks

Gyaru Fashion doesn't have a fixed dress code as long as you feel like one, the examples below can also be Gyaru style if you add some changes like exaggerated colored nails, colored hair, and heavy makeup. Or you can stick on to simple make-up to be an edgy "Otaku Vibe" Gyaru if you like.

Harajuku Fashion Girl with "Otaku Vibe": Aime Print T-shirts + Pleated Skirts

ACGN (Anime, Comic, Game, Novel) Print T-shirts

7. Punk Cute — "Rock Girl Vibe"

To put together a punk cute casual wear, plaid skirts, PU short skirts, and items with Metal Elements are all good choices.

Rock Girl Vibe

Punk Plaid Skirts

PU Skirts

Items with Metal Elements

*Click Kawaii Accessories to find more punk items on our site.

8. Y2K Fashion

We offer many Y2K(the Year 2000) Fashion on our site, you can click Kawaii Y2K to find more items to put together your beloved coord.

What is Y2K Fashion?
• Y2K fashion is a teens' fashion in the late 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s style.
• This gaudy aesthetic features low-rise jeans, ruffled miniskirts, huge and shiny belts, tight T-shirts, and other chic accessories that remind you of 2000s teens.