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Originally posted by Tibi
A Lilly Pulitzer dress is not a "trendy" item. It's a fabric that aims to represent a lifestyle.
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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.