Polka Dot Secrets is now offering a variety of fabrics and handmade gifts in South Austin. (Courtesy Polka Dot Secrets) Polka Dot Secrets has expanded from an Etsy business to a brick and mortar in ...

Because they make me happy. They actually have a reputation for doing that. It’s true. Polka dots hearken to the 1950s and suggest simplicity, fun and cheerfulness. But it hasn’t always been so. In ...

There’s nothing inherently childish about polka dots. And yet they’re typically associated with children’s decor, so people shy away from using them in more sophisticated spaces. Frankly, many of us ...

Everything started with a dance, that spread in Europe and in the United States from Czechoslovakia. It was in vogue until the end of the 19th century, just the time to launch the polka dot pattern.