tickled pink

today felt like a Lilly kind of day!
The Lilly, that classic bright bold Floridian shift
changed women's fashion as we know it
I was raised on Lilly
My mother adores colour more than I do
I began reading much about Lilly Pultizer today...
she was the first 'lifestyle' brand.
she had her dressmaker in palm beach created the first shift to...
get this, conceal juice stains when she worked at the juice stand she opened
using fruit from her son's orchards
she loved her brightly coloured, flowered shifts so much, she had more made
and eventually began selling them at the stand, more than the juice! hah
jackie o. wore a Lilly in Time magazine and then women all over the country wanted one.
she caught on like wild fire
and her designs and prints are still relevant today.

W magazine's 50th anniversary article

i met Lilly once
in Palm Beach at the Lilly outlet store, she works there to keep 'young'
she was kinda pretentious and snotty
she didn't think a dress i was holding would fit me, hah
it did fit me, and looked fab
she was surprised, and shrugged
'now you should buy it'
and i did.
hah

Lilly Pultizer Retrospective

'Lilly herself advocating foregoing underwear' hehe