What's with all the dots?

Is it just me, or has The Pipettes fashion taken over the high street? Whilst I'm all for looking sophisticated and lady-like, polka dots just look cheap and wrong. Who wants to look like they are wearing New Look 80s cast-offs? Or is that the whole point? Am I missing something here guys?

Are headbands silly?

Whilst wearing my new chunky tortoiseshell hairband, I convince myself that I look like a cast-off from the beat generation (stripey top - check, back-combed-hair - check, black pumps - check, sulky expression - check) I'm afraid that the brutal reality is that I look like a four-year old Scooby-Doo gang wannabe...
Any thoughts guys?