Any Lilly Pulitzer fans get successful at Target yesterday?

[JanaDee]

Why does my gender play a roll in this?

Because there are very few men that care about what brands their wife wears.

 

[Kbee]

I really like this woman's take on Lily Pulitzer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-be-good-for-retail-but-its-terrible-fashion/

 

[NewRVLady]

I wasn't aware they sold LP at those stores, I've only seen it at boutiques or small independents. Def not implying LP is "high end" nor couture.

Target has done this before with other brands as stated and I feel it degrades the brand. Could you imagine a Valentino for Target?

I surely would not equate LP to Valentino!!!

 

[Christiaan]

To me, what you are really saying is you are buying it for the price/status.
As others have pointed out, Target has done collaboration with much higher end designers than Lilly Pulitzer , Zac Posen, Missoni, Alexander McQueen all have done the same type of lines with Target.
Those names are much more prestigious and higher end than Lilly Pulitzer.
The difference, in my opinion, is those other brands are much more high quality. That's wht some are all pissy. Nobody is mistaking a normal Alexander McQueen dress for a Target one.
It must suck to realize you are buying an over priced cotton blend dress and the riff raff that shops at Target (gasp, clutch pearls) is getting the same thing.
Oh the horror.

Last thing I want to do is spend more money than I need to to acquire what I want. See no status is spending money foolishly (subjective term).

 

[Goofy'slady]

I surely would not equate LP to Valentino!!!

FOR REAL!!!!!
I was just thinking the SAME THING!

 

[JanaDee]

I really like this woman's take on Lily Pulitzer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-be-good-for-retail-but-its-terrible-fashion/

From the link...

Lilly Pulitzer is preppy. It is part of a preppy uniform that announces itself from fifty paces. It is not so much a declaration of wealth as it is a perceived statement about class, lineage and attitude. Anyone can work hard and save up enough cash to go out and purchase a Chanel suit or a Gucci handbag. A devoted student of Vogue can cobble together a personal style that speaks to its public identity. But Lilly Pulitzer suggests an advantage of birth. The clothes stir up scrapbook notions of ancient family trees, summer compounds, boarding school uniforms, and large, granite buildings inscribed with some great-great-grandfather’s name. Lilly Pulitzer represents something that money cannot buy.

Yeah, not so much.

 

[Christiaan]

I surely would not equate LP to Valentino!!!

Not equating to, but since Alexander McQueen and others were mentioned...

 

[Tinkermommy]

I actually love LP. I think it is such a fun brand. Her Callahan shorts are my perfect short. They are well made, wash well and the white is not see-through.

I don't think this hurts the brand at all. But I buy clothes I like and that work for me not for status.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Not equating to, but since Alexander McQueen and others were mentioned...

But when he "prostituted" his designs to Target Alexander McQueen's status didn't change, nor did the Target release "cheapen" his name. I don't think it does L.P. either.

 

[cabanafrau]

From the link...


Yeah, not so much.

I don't know about anybody else, but that quote screams sorority girl rule book to me.

 

[Christiaan]

Because there are very few men that care about what brands their wife wears.

I guess I'm unique. Lol

 

[sunshinehighway]

Not equating to, but since Alexander McQueen and others were mentioned...

Those others did do Target collaborations and it didn't hurt their brand.
So can I imagine what would happen if Valentino did a Target collaboration? Sure, probably the same thing that happened when those other very high end designers did.
Lilly Pulitzer is not even close to that level.

 

[cabanafrau]

I guess I'm unique. Lol

Unique as in boutique-worthy?

 

[NewRVLady]

Not equating to, but since Alexander McQueen and others were mentioned...

Ok...I know you are a guy...but most guys have NO clue who Alexander McQueen is!LOL

 

[sunshinehighway]

Last thing I want to do is spend more money than I need to to acquire what I want. See no status is spending money foolishly (subjective term).

If that's really true, you'd have no issue with the Target line.

 

[louey]

I would bet money on the people making off comments implying its beneath them to have a Lilly Target anything were online trying to buy!!!! I would bet the farm on it oh IMO

 

[msjprincess]

Ok...I know you are a guy...but most guys have NO clue who Alexander McQueen is!LOL

My husband would probably think it was Steve's son.

 

[laughinplace199]

My husband would probably think it was Steve's son.

Or Lightning's brother.

 

[DisneyLuver2013]

We just got back from Target and, surprisingly, there were a few of the "jumpsuits" left and a pair of white shorts 3/4 in my size. I thought about getting them, but decided against it. They just felt too cheaply made (and I think jumpsuits are fugly..... ) LOL

I don't know why people went so crazy for this stuff. A couple of the dresses are pretty, but not worth the hassle or inflated eBay prices, IMHO.

 

[HM]

I just read that there are 38,000 Lilly for Target items on eBay. And apparently at 300% to 800% more than their original prices in many cases.