Sunday, June 04, 2006

|| White, Navy, Black, New Obsessions of Polka Dot

After two years of dull and disappointing displays of Euro taste, H&M is totally re-engineered this 2006 summer collection. Wearable, sensible, and conveniently inexpensive. I particularly like the nautical theme this year, sharp black and white stripes, navy blue sailor's patterns, very cotton everything, plus the new polka dots tops, skirts, blouses, dresses, oh, I long to have them all.

It is amazing how cotton can be so versatile, nothing at all how it is painted thirty years ago, that it was shapeless and design hopeless. Today the jersey wears are full of spirits and creations by the designers, and happily holding themselves well when they are on the bodies. I notice that the cotton material is cleverly replacing the status of chiffon in the high society, as it is said that nothing is born to be the princess, all is grown and presented, in the eyes of the beholder.

I bought a white dotted navy top, and a navy dotted white top, medium sized dots, but not the smallest, just felt that the smallest can't be the most desirable on cotton materials. As simple as the design can be (without too much of a color scheme, of course), the polka dots are rather formal wear, and I can think of no other occasions but evening outings, or maybe business casual (with a cardigan). Polka dots have that superior quality that is no other than the designers who, like the pucci, try too hard on the geometric patterns or the color arrangement. They are, however, hard to wear to bring out the foreverness, of the dots or of the owner.

These magazine scans are from the 2006 May issue of Vogue, with Keira Knightly on the cover page, and featured story when she was shooting the Pirates of the Carribeans. The fashion world can be so diverting, that seeing all polka dots, and just black, white and navy, is very bold. However, people have different countenance with one face, so the polka dots, even when they are on the same face, will always look very different. And she was understood very well, as all polka dot wears suited her and complimented her, greatly influenced me in many ways in the summer of 2006.


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