Polka dot rouge). Although the King of the Mountains was first recognised in the 1933 Tour de France, the distinctive jersey was not introduced until 1975. Much of the Japanese artist's Yayoi Kusama's work features a polka dot motif. The world's first crack pipe vending machines are polka dotted. There were many other "polka" items, some of which include "polka-hats" and "polka-jackets". Most disappeared with the fad of the actual polka dance. Only the polka dot fabric pattern remained popular, and the name has been left intact over the years. The polka dot also appears in popular music. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie
Polonaise (clothing) an underskirt, sometimes with a waistcoat effect. This could be draped or undraped. In July 1894, "The Sydney Mail" stated: The polonaise underwent another revival in the mid-late 1910s. A 1914 newspaper advert for McCall Patterns found in the "Evening Independent" announced the 'redingote polonaise' to be the height of fashion in Paris and New York. The "Reading Eagle" ran a fashion column in November 1915 describing the polonaise of 1914/15 as a French design consisting of a long coat-like overdress of metallic lace or elaborately decorated sheer fabric worn over a plain underdress. Another version of the polonaise was