It happened to me: Something I love was eaten up by the trend cycle, and spat out onto the algorithm. We’ve gone dotty for polka dots —on every cool girl GRWM, fast fashion ad on the subway, and sponsored ad on my FYP.

Polka dots crept back in as an essential with Miu Miu’s fall 2023 show, where Muccia Prada sent frizzy-haired, disheveled librarian Mia Goth down the runway in a sheer polka dot skirt, tights tucked into her gray knit cardigan. For the spring summer 2025 shows, polka dots arrived via Jacquemus and Acne Studios, and emerged once again for fall winter 2025 with Altuzarra, Fendi, and Brandon Maxwell. Looking forward to resort 2026 , the polka dot parade shows no sign of letting up.

Unlike its contemporary girly spirit, the print has a kind of freaky backstory. In Mediev

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