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Polkadots - Kate Spade

Polkadot everything... Are these gals decked in dots or what? These photos are from Kate Spade's 2012 fall campaign video, which can be viewed a little further down.

The video

I loved this project (creating this post and the video itself) and I didn't. The imagry is irrisistably luring to any lover of the dots, the videography was superb, the cast popped and the tune was very catchy. I was very entertained for the 30 second show and to my surprise, the two in front on the video cover weren’t hiding apples as I suspected lol.

However, there were one too many outfits that typically weren't modest enough to be posting for my taste; modest in the sense of sexually unassuming...All dot lovers aren’t unable to grasp the virtue of modesty ya know :)

So, I do love the vid and respect the art. I just had to note the modesty factor since i know this blog is so popular and there might be youngsters following my example ;)... 10 out of 10 for the audio/visual appeal and it's about those dots so it stays...

Kate Spade New York Fall 2012 Video:

Create your own retro polka dot dress! Video Tutorial

Ever want to create your own retro polka dot dress? If so, lets get started:

You will need:

- Cotton jersey (polka dot)
- T-shirt as a reference
- Sewing machine
- Pins
- Scissors

Click the video below to begin this tutorial:

Tutorial courtesy of GiannyL

Polka Dot Nails ~ Video Tutorials

I was feeling a lil polkadoti today, but unsure of what would fulfil this crave; something was. I went to my handy dandy BFF, Google, and asked him what his thoughts were. He suggested a polka dot nail day. Here are the results of my collaboration: Some video tutorials to help you get those dots on them nails.

Cute, maybe TOO cute

Sakuran, polka dots with 3D flowers and rhinestones nails

Tutorials

Lace and polka dot manicure / nail art Jump to this tutorial

Polka Dot and Zebra Print Nail Art Jump to this tutorial

Retro Bow & Polka Dot Nail Art Jump to this tutorial

Polka Dot Nails for Beginners - Jump to this tutorial

Lace and polka dot manicure / nail art tutorial:

Tutorial courtesy of Odette Swan

Easy Nail Art: Polka Dot Nails for Beginners:

Products used in this tutorial:

OPI Nail Envy
SH Xtreme Wear - Black Out
OPI Alpine Snow
KISS - Silver Glitter Striper
Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat

Tutorial courtesy of cutepolish

Retro Bow & Polka Dot Nail Art Tutorial

Polishes used:

Dark Grey - Brooke St Mews by Nails Inc
Pink - I'm India Mood for Love by OPI
Light Purple - Done Out In Deco by OPI
Dark Purple - Parlez-Vous OPI? by OPI
Green and blue - George at Asda (cheap polishes that are great for nail art)

Tutorial courtesy of IndigoNova1

Polka Dot and Zebra Print Nail Art Tutorial

Nail polishes used in this tutorial:

Black Polish- Orly Liquid Vinyl
White Polish- China Glaze White on White
Pink Polish- Orly Cotton Candy
Black Striper Polish- Striper Rite
Top Coat - Seche Vite

Tutorial courtesy of SelinasNailArt

The first three photos in this post are courtesy of Aya1gou (1, 2) & Mariana M. Included for polkadoti eye candy purposes

Polka Dot Door

Do you remember Polka Dot Door? Classic Show!

Heres a Snippet:

The Polka Dot Door: Dinosaurs (Denis Simpson and Cindy Cook)

...LOL...Classic!

The Polka Dot Door was a Canadian children's show created by Peggy Liptrott. It was adapted from BBC's Play School.

Polkadot Strut

The PolkaDoti Strut video is meant to serve as sort of an intro or theme for this blog. What I was going for initially, was just a happy woman very high on life confidently walking in her purpose towards the camera in a pretty modest polkadot dress. Upon completing the video edits, I couldn’t keep myself from making alternate versions, since it seemed like a waste not to take advantage of all of the possibilities of synching annotations with the lively expressions. Some versions were purely comedic, while others were more earnest in nature. I've included a few different versions below:

The PolkaDot Strut - Origional Basic Version:

The PolkaDot Strut - Comedic Sadity Superficial Girl Version:
This skit was created purely for comedic effect. The character is a sadity superficial girl whose snobby thoughts are annotated as she encounters acquaintances.

The PolkaDot Strut - Virtuous Woman Version - My Favorite:

In this version, as with the comedic versions, I was trying to sync annotations with facial expressions and gestures in a way that flowed, which proved difficult when deciding what caption I should sync with the glare at 0:12. I didn't have a problem picking an item worthy of such a glare from a virtuous woman. The difficulty was in trying to encapsulate this item with few enough words able to be read within the momentary glare. A phrase like "she's able to discern wolves in sheep’s clothing" or "Her womanly guard keeps predators at a distance" would have encapsulated the idea I wanted to fit there, but they were just too long. "Boldly rejects corrupt characters" would have worked, but I felt like people would misinterpret such a phrase as being unforgiving and lacking compassion, as opposed to boldly rejecting foul intentions and wishing the best for the person whose intentions are foul - but from a safe distance.

I ended up settling for "she boldly rejects evil". I didn't mean be over-dramatic, but it there is such a thing and some people consistently operate in this realm; a person consistently unjustly scapegoating another is an example. These people deserve that glare, at least with internal discernment [humor]... back to the dots :)

Below are some of the images I was planning on incorporating into this project, but for various reasons, never ended up being included. I may use them in a future project or another variant of the same video... We'll see.