Spot on performance: What to pair with bags with dot patterns

Minnie Mouse made them her trademark, Marylin Monroe wore them on her bikini and Frank Sinatra dedicated a song to them: Dots have been a classic pattern for decades. Bags with dot patterns bring a little variety to plain outfits and have both fashion fans and retro lovers beaming with joy. Stylight presents four versions of the dotted bag.

1. Sport bags

Not in the mood for name dropping with sport bags or a dreary single color design? The dot pattern bag can be just what you need for a sporty look. Whether you bring it to a fitness studio or use it as a spacious day to day helper, dotted sport bags demand casual styling: pair them with boyfriend jeans or baggy pants, simple shirts and sweaters or comfy hoodies.

2. Fanny packs

Old school fanny packs and socks with sandals are reserved for Miami tourists. To err on the side of caution, your fanny pack should have a modern design. Dots give these bags a playful touch and suit sporty elegant styles. That means: long blouses, cloth pants and shirts with stand up collars make an outfit with a fanny pack look genuinely impressive on men.

3. Rucksacks

There are lots of styling options for the dotted rucksack. You can emphasize your print perfectly with a black and white contrast style. Then you can make the look sportier with black jeans and a white shirt. A more elegant look with cloth pants, a blouse or shirt and a cardigan or jacket also suits the dotted rucksack look. The black and white contrast looks particularly good with small dots.

4. Tote bags

A plain look made up of skinny jeans, a cashmere sweatshirt or sweater and a blouson or biker leather jacket goes great with a tote style bag with dot patterns. To keep the bag’s pattern as the focus of the outfit, your tote should not have any other details. When it comes to shoes, with this look you can pretty much wear what you like: Flat styles like ballerina flats or loafers look good, ankle boots or kitten heels make the outfit a little more grown up.

Great minds think alike! For the plain look, you can choose two dotted accessories: shoes in the same pattern as the bag or a retro style head band will do the trick.

Black and white, white and red, it doesn’t matter which: bags with dot patterns aren’t just for retro fans any more.