Do You Think Polka Dots are Depressing?

I find them cheery.

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I think originally people (especially women), wore clothes that had polka dots when they danced the polka, which in the early 19th century was something of a fad among the upper classes. I guess the idea was that the dots might look like they were bouncing up and down as the people danced, but just guessing.

But do you associate polka dots with the upper class now?

Why do we always have to see Dot's underwear?

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Or this: Where did polka dots come from? Polka dots first became common on clothing in the late nineteenth century in Britain. An early recorded use of the term "polka dot" is in 1873 in Godey's magazine, Volumes 86-87, Page 389. The pattern is named for the dance of the same name, it is suspected there is a connection linking the pattern to the dance. Instead, the name was settled upon because of the dance's popularity at the time the pattern became fashionable. Many contemporary products and fashions also adopted the name. -Wikipedia

Nope, never been to Polkadot, NC--is there something special about it?

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I wonder wear polka dots come from, too. Probably mental instability.

[quote]Nope, never been to Polkadot, NC--is there something special about it?

I don't know. I just saw that when I was looking up polka dots.

Foolish and depressing are not the same thing. Not at all, in fact.

My grandmother favored them in summer; silk daytime dresses and suits with small white polka dots on a navy ground. Worn with navy and white spectator pumps, gloves, a hat, and a structured straw bag.

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No, OP

Yes, sometimes they can look nice as in the brown dress in this article. I associate it with 1950s loud tackiness, though.

Apparently a 1920s bathing suit worn by Miss America kicked off a polka dot craze, but her dots seem quite 1960s pop- groovy as they float around in a less defined pattern.

They pair so well with moonbeams.

They film well too...

At the polo match...

At the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York...

Nope, love them!

I made them iconic, bitches!

No, I don't find polka dots depressing at all. As a five year old gay boy in the spring of 1990, I found a sleeveless white dress (with bright red polka dots) as a birthday gift for my mother. Apparently, I said that she "must have" this dress. She wore it for a long time.

Julie Christie presenting the best actor Oscar in 1967 in a black and white mini skirt. Wendy Hiller accepting for the absent Paul Scofield. I think this is my favorite presenter dress of all time. So casual AND formal. It really set her apart at this Oscars.

Amy Grant certainly didn't think so!

And don’t forget Julia Roberts in Pretty Women! And her brown dress w white polka dots.

How do we feel about Dotted Swiss?