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 ...

There are few prints as timeless, and as playful as the polka dot. From Marilyn Monroe’s swing dresses to Minnie Mouse’s iconic bows, the dotted pattern has long symbolized whimsy, femininity, and ...

Perhaps it was Hailey Bieber’s recent outing, in which the Rhode founder stepped out in a pair of giant polka-dotted Capri pants, or maybe the triumphant return of the motif on the runways of Bora ...