<select data-template="#dropdown">
    <option value="1" selected="selected">Super</option>
    <option value="2">Awesome</option>
    <option value="3">Dropdown</option>
</select>

<script id="dropdown-selected" type="text/x-dot-template">
{{=it.label}}<div class="arrow"><i></i></div>
</script>
<script id="dropdown" type="text/x-dot-template">
<div class="dropdown" tabindex="1">
    <div class="selected">{{=it.selected.label}}</div>
    <ul>
        {{~it.items :item:index}}
        <li data-index="{{=index}}">{{=item.label}}</li>
        {{~}}
    </ul>
</div>
</script>

$('select').dropdown();

<select data-template="#dropdown">
    <option value="1" data-count="2" selected="selected">Super</option>
    <option value="2" data-count="5">Awesome</option>
    <option value="3" data-count="1">Dropdown</option>
</select>

{{=item.count}}