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It’s Always Sunny Somewhere: 12 Facts About Lilly Pulitzer

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Sewanee chapter.

Some facts about everyone’s springtime brand! Not everyone is a Lilly girl, but I’m willing to bet you at least own Lilly’s croakies or planner! 

If you want to learn more about Lilly’s story, check out our previous article featuring the Queen of Prep!

1. Lilly Pulitzer’s Head Quarters are affectionately known as The Pink Palace.  There is even a juice stand in The Pink Palace, where employees can take a break and have a snack! 

2. Lilly produces much more than sundresses now: there are even Lilly bikes, a Lilly golf carts, Lilly pianos, and Lilly Pulitzer animal crackers! 

3. Every Lilly print is an original work of art.

4. Lilly created a 50 States patchwork print. Tennessee’s is below, moonshine and all, are we sure Lilly never visited Sewanee? 

5. Their End of Summer Sale was so popular in 2012 that their website crashed.

6. The Mythical Lilly Jeep DOES EXIST… there are actually several Lilly Jeeps, Google away, ladies. 

7. Lilly has produced 15 different sorority prints. The most recent Lilly pledge class, including Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Mu, Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Kappa, was announced and initiated at Kappa Kappa Gamma at Rollins College, the alma mater of Lilly Pulitzer’s Fashion Director. 

8. Lilly always asserted that her brand was a way of life. Here are some of my favorite Lillyisms:    

9. Lilly Pulitzer has a blog called The Juice Stand, which shares all the latest Lilly news. You can even change which print you see as the background!

10. The Lilly Print Studio often posts pictures of their 5×5’s on Facebook, which are cute and inspiring little Lilly canvases for the week. 

11. Lilly makes swim trunks, ties, and bow ties for any men who want to rock the Queen of Prep’s style. 

#swoon

12. The word “lilly” is hidden in every print. Seriously, every print, go look if you don’t believe me! 

And, remember:

 

 

 

 

Alli Smith is a sophomore from Charlotte, NC. She's majoring in English, with minors in Education and Women's and Gender Studies. She's an avid procrastinator who loves anything on TLC. She's particularly interested in female empowerment and positive sexuality.