Learning to love the Polka Dot | Fashion

Spring/Summer 15 has seen the transition of polka dots, a pattern which can only be defined by the well know 'you either love it, or hate it'. Good old Marmite marketing being relevant today still.

Traditional polka dots are often deemed as being demure and uptight – perfectly formed monochrome spots uniformly spaced on oh-so-many work shirts. Despite this, it is a popular pattern that typically turns up on trend features on fun items of clothing, like swimwear and summer dresses. If you have to brand your clothes as you having fun, then are you actually having fun?

It's obviously a great relief to see that polka dots are, once again, back in for summer. But this time they're taking on a far more interesting outlook. They're mis-shapen, dis-places, big and bold. Some of the best examples from the catwalks were seen on Marc by Marc Jacobs. Design director Luella Bartley went for large black spots sported on pastel jackets, cotton dresses and PVC skirts.

Orla Kiely, a designer famous for her sixties vintage feel, went for originality with polka dots doubling as flowers. Combining two trends in one, clever.

I've noticed that the high street has been slightly more conservative about embracing the polka dot. Asos, Cos and Topshop are some of the only few who have sporting the bold trend for modern dots. I like Topshop's interpration of the trend in their swimwear, this bikini certainly doesn't care whether you are 'Beach Body Ready'.

Whichever piece you decide to embace from this trend, please show some imagination and don't go for the ridig work-wear approach.

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