Trend Report With trends that are very present on the internet, in magazines, often stemming from the streets or the catwalks, its easy to say that they may only be around for a short period of time. Whereas some trends are very foreward thinking, for example they require more indepth investigation , brainstorming with experts from various fields of professional research. My trend is about reinventing the polka dot for the fashion season Spring/ Summer 2015. Polka dot is a pattern featuring many filled circles, the early examples of the pattern features dots that were the same size and spaced out evenly. Modern expamples of the polka dot pattern feature randomly coloured, spaced out and sized dots. In Britain, polka dots became more commenly used on clothing and fashion in the nineteenth century. The polka dot is something
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that has been used and seen on many catwalks over the many years for example the Dolce and Gabbana Spring/Summer 2014 collection or the Louis Vuitton collection with Yayoi Kusama in 2012. However looking at these collections, the polkadot is used in the same way, but I want to change the way we look and the polka dot and how we the wear the polka dot. I want to feature polka dot on haute couture and daily wear, so the trend can be accessible for mostly everyone. My trend will simply be entitled ‘The Dot’, giving the impression that only one dot will be used. This has not been seen before and will completely change how a lady can wear the polka dot trend.