Summer in Dress to Impress is usually a chaotic blur of neon pink and frantic layering. Honestly, the Dress to Impress summer update 2025 was no different. It was huge. It was buggy. It was everything the community expected and a few things they definitely didn't see coming. If you spent your July sweating over the perfect mermaid silhouette only to get kicked by a server error, you've lived the true DTI experience.
The 2025 season wasn't just about a few new dresses. It fundamentally changed how we play the game. Between the introduction of a legitimate "Baddie Pass" and the return of the much-coveted mermaid tail, the stakes for the runway shot up.
Why the Baddie Pass changed the game
Before this update, you basically just played for stars. You'd hop on, dress as a "goth" for the tenth time that hour, and hope people actually voted fairly. (They usually didn't.)
The Dress to Impress summer update 2025 introduced the Baddie Pass. This isn't just a rename of a standard battle pass; it’s a tier-based progression system that finally gave us a reason to stay in the server for more than two rounds. You earn XP by playing normal rounds, and that XP translates into currency, stars, and exclusive items.
The leaderboard actually shows your XP earnings after the voting finishes now. It's a small change, but it makes the competition feel a lot more tangible. You aren't just shouting "vote for vote" into a void anymore; you're grinding for that next tier.
The seashell grind and daily quests
The update also brought in Seashells as a new currency. To get them, you have to do more than just stand there.
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- Daily Quests: Things like placing 1st in a round or using Lana’s nail salon three times.
- The Yacht Minigame: There’s a new yacht in the lobby where you dance on specific floor tiles to fill a party meter.
- The Baddie Pass: Some tiers just hand you shells.
Honestly, the seashells were a bit of a letdown at first. There weren't many items to buy with them in the beginning. But as Part 2 rolled around in July, the shop started looking a lot healthier.
Part 2: The Meat Room and the Star Baby
On July 5, 2025, Gigi and the dev team dropped Part 2. This is where things got weird. We got seven new masculine faces and 20 new custom makeup additions, which was a massive win for the masc-dressing community. But the real talk was about the Meat Room.
That creepy room finally got a keypad. If you managed to find the secret heels hidden in there, you basically had the ultimate flex for the rest of the summer. Also, the game gave out the Star Baby Walk Pack for free to anyone who logged in during the first week of July. It’s easily one of the smoothest walks in the game right now.
What really happened with the Mermaid Tail?
People were losing their minds over the mermaid tail. In the Dress to Impress summer update 2025, the devs brought back a special Mermaid Round that triggers every three hours.
Here is how it works: the theme is locked to Mermaid. If you place on the podium (top 3), you get the special mermaid tail. They also added a "Siren Tail" which is slightly different from the old version, giving players who missed the 2024 event a chance to finally live their H2O dreams.
I saw so many people trying to use the jellyfish skirt to mimic the look, but nothing beats the actual tail physics.
The codes you probably missed
Codes in DTI expire faster than a TikTok trend. During the summer peak, we saw a massive influx of creator collaborations. If you didn't snag these during the heat of the update, some might still be hanging around, though "CH00P1E_B4CK_AGA1N" and "VANILLAMACE" (that headscarf is elite) were the big ones.
The Vanilla Mace collab was especially interesting because it came with a patterned and non-patterned version of the bonnet. It fits the "coquette" aesthetic perfectly, which, let's be real, dominated the 2025 summer meta.
The drama behind the scenes
We have to talk about Gigi. Towards the end of 2025, the community was in a tailspin. Gigi had stepped away for a long time following some pretty heavy allegations regarding her conduct and treatment of other developers.
She officially returned in late December 2025. This return has split the fandom right down the middle. Some players are thrilled to have the original creative vision back, while others are still skeptical about the "rebranding" and apologies.
Whether you love the drama or hate it, it’s clear that Gigi’s return is fueling the next wave of content, including the massive map redesign slated for the end of the year.
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Performance issues and bugs
Look, the 2025 summer update was buggy. Like, "my character is floating in the floor" buggy. Many players reported that this was the laggiest the game had ever been. The devs claimed it was the complexity of the new 3D clothing items rather than the map size itself.
If you're still experiencing lag, turning down your graphics settings in the Roblox menu helps, but honestly, it's mostly on the game's optimization side. The "individual rounded corners" update for the UI helped a little with menu navigation, but the actual dressing room remains a bit of a frames-per-second killer.
How to dominate the current meta
If you want to actually win rounds in 2026 following that summer shift, you need to master layering. The summer update gave us so many thin "gym baddie" shirts and cardigans that are meant to be stacked.
- Use the search bar: Stop scrolling for 40 seconds to find one skirt.
- Color coordination over everything: Use the custom color wheel. The presets are usually too vibrant and look "cheap" to the high-ranking voters.
- The "Siren" look: Since the summer update, the "Siren" aesthetic (darker, wet-look hair, neutral tones) has consistently beaten the traditional bright mermaid look.
The Dress to Impress summer update 2025 wasn't just a seasonal patch; it was a transition into a more "game-ified" experience. With the Baddie Pass and the constant questing, DTI is moving away from being a simple dress-up simulator and becoming a full-blown progression game.
To make the most of your current saves, head into the salon and check out the new custom makeup slots. They added 20 new slots during the summer that allow for much more detail around the eyes. If you aren't using those to create a unique "signature" face, you're leaving points on the runway. Also, keep an eye on the Meat Room—the devs have a habit of changing that keypad code every time a minor patch drops.