Glance around any department store and you’ll find a veritable buffet of textile patterns that you can rattle off without a second thought: plaid, stripes, paisley, seersucker, fleur-de-lis. Each ...

Polka dots can be used to create striking nail art. They can be used all over, isolated into a French tip, and more. Polka dots reemerged on the runways last fall—and the trend has only gotten ...

I didn't know that the modernist architect Alfred Loos considered patterns and other eye-catching ornaments to be tools of the hegemonic imperialist status quo, but that's probably just me. I also did ...

When you think about cheerful patterns, the polka dot is one of the first that comes to mind. On celebrities ranging from Lucille Ball to Princess Diana, polka dots have become a huge part of ...

Kara Jillian Brown is the beauty editor of InStyle. She began her career at Well+Good, where she spent five years evolving from editorial intern to news writer to beauty writer. She earned a ...