From top } Light blue, $59.50 at Jos A. Bank, Greenville; small, white polka-dots, handmade in New York City by Barbara Blank, $48 at Carltons, Rehoboth Beach; purple with black-and-white checkered dots, handmade in New York City by Barbara Blank, $48 at Carltons; large white polka-dots by Dion (with cummerbund, not shown), $145 at Wright & Simon, Wilmington. Apple linen by XOCHI, $40 at Everything but the Kitchen Sink, Hockessin
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