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Stud-like polka-dots adorning shirts, slit skirt-suits and coats provided a lift.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Use white paint to create a simple pattern like polka-dots or pinstripes, or break out your inner calligrapher and write folks' names in front of their assigned seat.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2021

Related Garments’ bold underwear and socks now come with matching masks in prints including cheetah, leopard, polka-dots and stripes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2020

There was gingham, and lots of puffed sleeves, big shoulders, colorful polka-dots and waists cinched with oversized bows.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2017

This last was a good-sized square of bright yellow silk, with polka-dots of mazarine blue.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 by Elverson, James