Lilly Pulitzer Anyone?
 

Do you ladies like Lilly dresses? I bought 6 of the most adorable Lilly dresses for a trip my hubby and I are taking to Puerto Rico next month and when I brought them home he basically told me he thought they were ugly. "Butt-ugly" to be exact. :( I know they're really brightly colored, but I LOVE my Lillies! Anyone else?

No Lilly dresses, but...
 

I own a Kate Spade for Lilly Pulitzer tote bag:
http://images.andale.com/f2/115/106/...treeslilly.jpg

That is an adorable bag! I think Lilly is a perfect match for AKA's and DZ's what with all the pink and green she uses :)

P&G
 

Some of the Lillys are cool, particularly those little polo shirts. I tend to like my P&G in solids.

I'm not familiar with the desiner. Are there pictures on her website of the dresses you bought? Maybe you could post them here and let us be the judge.

I'd doubt anything you bought would be "butt-ugly" ;)

I love Lily Pulitzer stuff. Maybe men just don't like it because they don't like flowers??? :confused:

Lily Pulitzer is probably one of my most favorites ever. I just love all that pink!

But from what I have experienced, guys don't like bright colors. Any piece of clothing or outfit a boyfriend has ever picked out for me has been mainly black. It's peculiar :confused:

I think Lilly's clothes are wicked cute, but my boyfriend thinks they are too bright..."flourescent", to be exact. Stupid guys--what do they know? I bet you'll look awesome--I wish I could get 6 Lilly dresses!

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Amy! :) Here's a link that includes the dresses I bought. They are the "Elsie", "Celia", "Cocktail Dress", "Dani", "Nina" and "Staci" dresses, so you can judge for yourself.

http://shop.inthepinkonline.com/inth...dept%5Fid=3122

Please pay particular attention to the "Elsie" dress which he said looks like a tablecloth :(

*edited because I forgot the link :p

I have to admit, I don't get it either. I like things like this as accessories, (shoes and handbags) but I would never put them all over my body - even if I were a size two.

I like some of Lilly's stuff...pink and green :) I can never find anything that fits very well though!

I think she's an acquired taste. :)

I don't like most of the Lilly stuff, but that's simply because I'm not a fan of colors that bright or large prints, and she uses both in abundance.

I think it might have something to do with where you grew up, too. Here in the Midwest I don't know anybody that's even heard of her, let alone wears the clothes, but most of the East Coasters I know consider Lilly a fashion staple.

Just chalk it up to the fact that most guys will never understand fashion. :p

Bermuda Bags!
 

OMG! Bermuda bags! I was just at The Bay yesterday looking for a new spring purse, and I was totally fiending for a Bermuda bag... the people there just looked at me crosseyed - they'd never heard of them.

I wonder if this store delivers to Canada....

How in the world do you ladies afford these dresses? I can never imagine speding over $100 on a sun dress! But then again, I have only been out of college for less than a year, and I have only been working in the "real world" for 6 months or so. But still, I don't think I would spend that much on a dress, but that's just my opinion!

Oh, Tracy....
 

THERE IS A LILLY PULITZER STORE IN PITTSBURGH NOW.

It's over on Walnut Street - ask Danielle, she was with me when I saw it and freaked out. Sephora and Lilly Pulitzer on the same street...talk about just open up the wallet and say the heck with it. :)

I like her clothes (not that I own any) because of the bright colors...I am sick to death of black and beige.

I love Lilly Pulitzer! And I just checked the site and found that there's a store that sells it near me! Hooray!

If only I had a JOB now...

I like those. Most...not all. I like that Elise. These dresses remind me of something Carrie or Charolette would wear on Sex in the City!

Don't fret! You've got good taste!

Hootie: Thank you; I'm glad you like most of them! I like 'em too and if my husband refuses to be seen with me well, then that's HIS problem! :)

Sheila: I can't believe there's a Lilly in Pittsburgh! This is very exciting news for me since there's no sales tax on clothing in Pennsylvania unlike Maryland. It's like a 5% discount so how could I NOT shop there, right??? :D

Jadey: Sweetie, I can afford them because I'm old...so very old. It's one of life's tradeoffs: I no longer look all that great in a pair of short shorts or a 12-inch miniskirt but I can afford Lilly.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY, this is a topic.

Let me say:

Washington and Lee IS Lilly Pulitzer.
*drrrrrrrrrrroooooool*

Ok, so I'm too poor to afford one, but I can dream!

But basically, everyone wears them all the time. yeah.

I discoved a Lilly Pulitzer store in the Hamptons a few years ago. I thought that the dresses were so cute. The had them in grown women's size beside the little girl's matching dresses. I saw so many mommies and their little girls wearing matching dresses that summer. It was really sweet. :)

The skirts, dresses, and tops are cute!
 

But the pants. The pants give me nightmares. It's just too scary to think about.

That picture on the Photo Album page with the guy wearing a pink tie that matches his dates dress is too funny. I have *never* seen anything like that where I grew up and now where I live, I am sure they might be laughed at if they did that around here, just b/c people wouldn't know what to think. However, I think it is cute and kind of charming. :)

I must say that I did like the idea of the bridesmaids wearing a cute dress like that for a wedding instead of the traditional style dresses! Very sophisticated and colorful. Hmmm, maybe by the time I get married everyone will have money and will want to get dresses like that..................;)



Jadey

The dresses can be cute, the pants will make any big butt look bigger. I also think that "less is more" with Lilly. I saw a woman at a sailing regatta in Annapolis wearing the pants with the beach patch pattern from last summer with a hot pink t-shirt and a bright green cardigan over top. I think she was wearing some crazy ol' green shoes with them too. yikes.

I have a bag with the turtle design on it...I got it at The Pink Crab (I have issues with that name for some reason) last summer. I definitely need to lose some weight before I could wear any of those prints on my body with confidence though.

Apparently a lot of the DGs at Gettysburg College have Lilly letters...I couldn't imagine cutting up one of those dresses!

I adore Lilly -- they are so Palm Beach! I plan to buy many of her items this year. But remember not to limit yourself just to the fun, flashy dresses. She has some very tasteful polos and capris!!!

Because they are very pink and preppy, kind of old-school and not real sexy, I can understand boys not liking them. But I will wear them anyway!

If I lived in a warm climate, I'd be wearing that stuff all the time!!
They're adorable and I LOVE BRiGHT COLOURS!!

No offense to anyone, but I really don't like most of the prints (especially flourescent colors). Until I figured out what Lilly was, I wondered why people were wearing such weird sundresses. I think some of the toned-down solid colored dresses are very pretty, but I just don't like the look of a day-glo green and neon pink print dress! I don't care if it's in. I wonder how many girls would actually buy clothes in those colors if it weren't for the brand name (and the fact that everyone at a Southern school can tell she's paid $175 for her sundress from 100 yards away).

I was brought up with Lilly stuff, and I have no problem saying that it has become a trend in recent memory. It may represent a Hamptons/Newport/coastal vacation lifestyle, but you can't deny that it's gotten very popular in the past few years, "trendy," even. When a discount retailer is making knock-offs of an item, you can bet that it's trendy...and the preppy look is very popular right now. People have been carrying the LLBean bags with monograms for generations, but they have been all over the place a lot about two years ago among people who otherwise had not been about them--I think that qualifies as a "trend." Same thing with Burberry--when rappers start singing about it, it's a trend. In a few years, the mainstream will get tired of them, demand a new look, and the families who were originally into them to wear to Easthampton and Sag Harbor will continue to wear them. This is what happens.

I think it's trendy, in the sense that lots of girls are wearing it all of a sudden. I don't remember seeing that many Lilly dresses at college a couple years ago, but this year they were common, and people (well, girls) were talking about it.

Lilly is a "trend" in the same way that Lacoste shirts are a trend. They're classic, they've been around forever, but they seem to be popping up everywhere when they might not have been a few years ago among the same college crowd.

If I remember correctly, they mention Lilly Pulitzer in "The Preppy Handbook," in the women's clothing section. If I knew where my copy was I'd find it but I don't so I can't (hehehe). Her stuff is adorable. I too grew up seeing it around, but then again- my town is listed in the "Appropriate Suburbs to Raise a Preppy Family" section of the afore mention book....

I do not like Lilly Pulitzer because I would not look good in most of the colors.

That is not to say that other people look bad. There is just only so much brightness that a pale redhead can get away with ;)

There is a Lilly in Providence Place now. My husband and I were walking into Filene's (aka Foley's for some southerners) and it was right next to it. My husband cringed. Then again, he has relegated himself to navy, grey, green and khaki and has just this month been brave enough to venture into stores other than Gap and Old Navy (the boy actually made a purchase at Banana Republic...baby steps dear, baby steps ;))

Anyway, the point is, wear what you love and love how you feel when you wear it!

I really like Lilly, but I can't bring myself to spend over 150 dollars on a sundress, especially as a college student with law school coming up! However, should I ever win a substantial amount of money, I hope to blow a couple of thousand on nice clothing!

I haven't been there yet. Because I end up spending a lot of money at PP whenever I go, I try to avoid it when I have nothing to spend. Providence never seemed to me to be a very preppy town, but then PP is a rather upscale mall for such an industrial city.

I love Lilly.. the style is classic.

Newport is only minutes away....plus the close proximity to The Vineyard, the Cape, and all the suburban hype of southeast Ma (Mattapoissett, Marion, South Dartmouth, etc.) makes the PPlace Mall quite the hot spot amongst the prep crowd. (Can we say CRATE & BARREL?!)

I have to say that I have never seen anyone wearing a Lilly Pulitzer dress in NYC. I have in the Hamptons.

Yeah, I just graduated from college in Providence (not Providence College). I know what the mall is like, but it is rather incongruous for the city, don't you think? I mean, the East Side is pretty preppy, but that's about it--not even that WASPY. I was an Urban Studies major, and the mall's location was something we discussed ad nauseum.

I wouldn't wear it but it's really cute!

Bah. I'm not very happy with the Spring 2005 collection. I do like a few of the prints, but nothing really knocks my socks off. I do like the Breena (not this print though) but I'd have to see what it looks like on.

http://www.shoppalmgarden.com/images...ion/Breena.jpg

bowneyed girl
 

love it!!!i love my lilies, too, but then i do live in naples(the west coast capital of lilliedom) the butterfly dress, however, leaves a little to be desired.