From a simple pattern to a global art phenomenon, polka dots have come a long way. The ubiquitous dots, now a common sight in ...

We may love them now, but polka dots used to have a serious image problem. Before the Industrial Revolution brought about machines that could produce the pattern in a symmetrical and uniform way, any ...

(CNN) — When Princess Diana arrived at the Royal Ascot in 1988, she turned heads in a polka-dot dress that was perfectly coordinated to her saucer hat. More than three decades later, at the popular ...

Can a pattern make you happier? Yayoi Kusama thinks so. Of polka dots, her signature motif, the spot-obsessed Japanese artist wrote: “They scatter proliferating love in the universe and raise my mind ...

"We wake up in the morning and put on our striped socks and our plaid shirts, sit down to breakfast at a gingham tablecloth, perhaps eyeing the wallpaper with its fleur-de-lis. Patterns are everywhere ...

Royal fashion moment: Kate Middleton wore a Self-Portrait polka dot dress for the Buckingham Palace garden party, signaling her embrace of the retro trend. Trend with history: Polka dots, a recurring ...

Marilyn Monroe’s spotted bikini. Julia Roberts’s Pretty Womanpolo match look. Practically every dress Princess Diana wore in the ‘80s. As history proves, polka dot-centric outfits have always held a ...