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Lilly Pulitzer May be Good for Retail, but it’s Terrible Fashion
The Washington Post ^ | April 20, 2015 | Robin Givhan

Posted on 04/21/2015 9:14:28 AM PDT by Cecily

The debut of the Lilly Pulitzer collection for Target was a spectacular feat of retailing that had very little to do with the quality of the fashion that the mass marketer was selling. Lilly Pulitzer is not fashion. It is clothes. The classic Lilly Pulitzer dress comes in shrill shades of yellow and pink that are vaguely infantilizing. They are clothes that can be shrunk down and worn by 7-year-old girls without changing a single design element — if there were actual design elements to change. But there are not.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: fashion
Do Americans even care about "old money" status markers anymore? I guess they do if the price is right at Target.
1 posted on 04/21/2015 9:14:28 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily
Lilly Pulitzer is not fashion. It is clothes

Oh.....meow!

2 posted on 04/21/2015 9:20:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Cecily

Her clothes look perfect for Helen Roper of the TV series Three’s Company.


3 posted on 04/21/2015 9:32:22 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Cecily

Lime green & hot pink cotton sacks...definitely not my style.


4 posted on 04/21/2015 9:36:05 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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To: Cecily

looks to be resort wear...


5 posted on 04/21/2015 9:36:24 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Cecily

These would be just regular clothes in Hawaii.
Nothing unusual at all. Bright colors, prints, loose fitting. Perfect for tropical locations.

All she is doing is appropriating Hawaiian and South Pacific fashion for the whole country. I don’t think it’s really appropriate to dress like that in Boston, but to each his own.

I rather like styles (food, clothing, architecture, etc.) to be specific to a certain place or region. Otherwise you get Anywhere USA or Anywhere, Earth. No diversity at all when you travel.


6 posted on 04/21/2015 9:39:20 AM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: BenLurkin
Oh.....meow!

Funny, but my Y chromosome leaves me as confused by this fashion spat as a dog looking at a color blindness test.

7 posted on 04/21/2015 9:40:31 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: Cecily

I happen to love Pulitzer’s clothing, although I could never afford it.
As for marketing, the entire Target roll-out was over and done before I heard of it. Oh the irony!
I’d love to see how Robin Givens dresses, and......can anyone guess what Givens would think of Pulitzer’s line if Mooch wore it?


8 posted on 04/21/2015 9:42:57 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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"......can anyone guess what Givens would think of Pulitzer’s line if Mooch wore it?"

I don't know if LP clothing comes in plus sizes. ;)

9 posted on 04/21/2015 9:45:59 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon ("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office.")
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“......can anyone guess what Givens would think of Pulitzer’s line if Mooch wore it?”

Most of the clothes, colors and patterns that the Mooch wears make anything by Lilly Pulitzer look positively drab and sedate, but since Mooch’s loud colors and patterns aren’t Palm Beach Pulitzer, old white money class markers, they are A-Okay in Robin’s book.


10 posted on 04/21/2015 9:47:29 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

She’s been doing it since the 50’s . . . for beach and resort wear loud green and pink clothing. So it must be working. Besides, Lilly passed away in 2013 but her legacy continues on in the company she founded.

Not a fan of the Target frenzy with this or the Missoni or anything else. And I certainly wouldn’t pay triple the price for it on eBay.


11 posted on 04/21/2015 9:51:03 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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welcome to bollywood.


12 posted on 04/21/2015 9:54:33 AM PDT by Bidimus1
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To: Cecily

How racially can a fashion article be? Apparently very much so. This Givhan “fashionista” has a significant chip on her shoulder.

It’s spring, after a long dreary, gray colorless winter. Spring clothes are pastelish and summer pallets bright and sunny. What’s the big deal? Bright, affordable, easily accessible (Target) clothing sold to the 97%

The “things” thst cause faux “outrage.” Pfffffft!


13 posted on 04/21/2015 10:05:48 AM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: Bidimus1

As to this article’s elitist female author, I have one thing to say:

Meow......


14 posted on 04/21/2015 10:10:05 AM PDT by flaglady47 (The useful idiots always go first)
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To: Wiser now

The Target LP clothes can be found on ebay starting at twice the original price. I heard of people buying entire racks in the store and 250 pieces at a time online so as to sell it on ebay.


15 posted on 04/21/2015 10:26:46 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cecily

The only fashion that would look good on the authoress would be a burka. Hence the anger.


16 posted on 04/21/2015 10:52:09 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom

Yeah, not sure what the author’s problem is. My wife likes the style, I’m OK with it (on her, I’ll go REI). It does carry that feel of upper-class beach/country-club casual without the gratuitous raging pricetags expected of the elite. Limited-run availability keeps a sense of special/fresh/unique. Nice stuff. Why author is so down on it, even more so with overtones of the Target masses accessing it, is baffling.


17 posted on 04/21/2015 11:53:07 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

LP did cultivate a customer subculture eager for the limited-run releases, which would sell out fast and resell at much higher prices.


18 posted on 04/21/2015 11:54:30 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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19 posted on 04/21/2015 11:54:58 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Hillary:polarizing/calculating/disingenuous/insincere/ambitious/inevitable/entitled/overconfident/se)
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To: Cecily

Robin Givhan’s remarks are founded in envy and class hatred. She tends not to like what is healthy, pretty, innocent, happy, or is appealing to successful funloving white women.


20 posted on 04/21/2015 10:31:54 PM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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