Today is the last day of the dots theme at
ESN scavenger hunters. We all had great takes on the dots theme, but I noticed no one said anything about polka dots, so that got me to thinking (I do that a lot don't I??) where
did the term "polka dots" come from. What a fascinating ride I had through the internet on that googled term! I didn't do extensive research (hey, I'm a busy unemployed person at the moment!) But most sites I visited seemed to agree that it came about around the 1840's when the dance the "polka" was all the rage, which started in Britain. Clothing manufacturers were creating all kinds of dresses, hats, scarves, etc. with dots on them and somehow because of the popularity of the dance "polka dots" was coined and stays with us to this day. I absolutely love what
Christian Dior had to say about dots back in the 1950's; you can read it for yourself here:
Story Behind Polka Dots
So, in my quest for a scavenger hunter with "polka dots" I came across the exact thing I'm talking about. Here is a lovely polka dot and stripe (somehow, stripes and dots ALWAYS go together) American Girl Doll outfit from
Nancy's Doll Closet. Nancy makes all these cool clothes herself!
Thanks so much for featuring my outfit. I loved your post and this time you beat me to the punch. I was going to do something on the history of polka dots. Great minds must think a like. Thanks for the links.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post. Never really thought about the origin myself...an eye-opener!
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