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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polka dots are *still* trending, people, and we couldn't be happier about it. Thanks to its versatility, the playful and chic ...

Polka dots are once again in fashion. But for a print with so much history and nostalgia behind it, there is a surprising number of ways to make it feel current and unexpected. Perhaps that’s why it’s ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes investigates how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. When Princess Diana arrived at the ...