Glance around any department store and you’ll find a veritable buffet of textile patterns that you can rattle off without a second thought: plaid, stripes, paisley, seersucker, fleur-de-lis. Each ...

TO MANY, THE polka dot provokes a strong reaction. The vintage staple pattern is either met with intrigue or disgust (not unlike our national spread, Vegemite). NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 21: Hailey ...

Retro design trends are having a moment. And there's one motif that designers are loving more than ever: polka dots. This nostalgic pattern is making a design comeback both in clothing and in interior ...

The polka dot may be a ubiquitous feature of dresses, bikinis, and twee collegiate bedspreads in the modern era, but as patterns go, it hasn’t been around for that long. The eye-popping pattern gets ...

The polka dot pattern has been around for over a century and is a trend that continues to come back into vogue. When Miss America debuted a polka dot bikini in 1926, Disney followed suit shortly after ...