Hello, my name is Christy, and I am a Lillyaholic. (
Oooh, that should be a blog title if it isn't already).
If you had told me five years ago how much
Lilly Pulitzer 'stuff' I would own, I would have laughed. I had no interest in Lilly then whatsoever.
I don't know what has happened since...the move to Charleston...getting my first Lilly shift at a steal of a price from
Rue La La...finding out they have so many cute prints...the fact that their sizes run big, so my size is smaller than in other brands (
makes you feel skinnier than you are!)...realizing the quality...loving the fit of the dresses...better income so I can afford it....
...or perhaps just a combination of all of the above...
...but it's safe to say that now I am a full blown Lilly Pulitzer addict. Everytime my mom sees me in a dress, she usually says, "Let me guess...is that a new Lilly Pulitzer??"
Even my husband knows all about Lilly now. I swear if I hadn't already bought my (
love!) Electra peacock beach cruiser, I swear I would own the stuffed shells Lilly Pulitzer beach cruiser.
My obsession is mainly with the clothes, and I now have a separate clothing rack in my guest room just for my Lilly Pulitzer dresses...which just got this new shift added to the rack. I love, love, love this new print...and I tried to resist it...but I was in Belks and it was right by the Clinique counter, just staring at me...whispering to me that it needed a home (
told you I have a problem)...it looked so sad on the rack...with no one to wear it... so I walked over and thought "well, maybe my size won't be there...I'll just take a look..." And of course my size was there! And only one left. And somehow it popped off the rack and into my arms and to the register and finally to my Lilly Pulitzer rack at home.
Sigh.
And today at work, I paused looked around and thought, "OMG...this is embarassing...."
I'm wearing a Lilly Pulitzer dress...Lilly Pulitzer sandals...
...a Lilly Putitzer watch...
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Nail polish is 'Watermelon" by Essie. |
...And in my Lilly Pulitzer stuffed shells (
FAVE pattern) purse, I have five...yes five...Lilly Pulitzer items. From a Kindle cover (
made for a Nook, but fits my Kindle!), to a pen, a koozie, a (
very dirty) camera case and sunglasses....geez.
All of this was not intentional at all...it just happened, and now I'm that girl that dresses head to toe in Lilly Pulitzer. I'm like a bonafide Charleston Girl now I guess...geez. And it only took three years of me living here.
Some of you reading this are thinking "wow, that's really sad" and others are thinking "that is awesome...Lilly lovers unite!".
At least I acknowledge I have a problem, I mean...the first step is acceptance, right?? Although, I don't have plans to go to the next step just yet. Especially since this gorgeous dress is on my wish list right now...but it's a little bit pricey for me, especially since I splurged on that other dress. So...this will be on the top of my birthday list this year. :)
I am, however, learning to sew and have taken a stab at my first shift with a gorgeous cotton fabric. I'm still finishing it up and it's definitely a 'rough draft'...but I'm hoping that with practice I'll get good enough at sewing that I can just buy great fabrics and make my own Lilly dresses...although I know they will never, ever, ever compare to the real thing.
Any other Lillyaholics out there like me? Anyone? Anyone?
Bueller?..................