the whimsical prints....
looking for the hidden "Lilly in every print....
or the sumptuous guipure lace that so many of them used as trim....
I also love this lemon print.
When collecting vintage Lillys it is also interesting to look at the different labels that were used. The labels that have “The Lilly” written in orange lettering are some of the oldest. They were used in the early 1960s until the mid 1970s.
Starting in the mid 1970s “The Lilly” started to be written in green.
In 1968 a Men’s line called “Men’s Stuff” was added.
In the early 1970’s Lilly Pulitzer began to make printed cotton and polyester knits. The knits had their own labels. The earliest were written in orange.
and later in green.
There was a line called “The Minnie” for little girls named after Lilly’s daughter, Minnie.
There was also a line called “Liza” for Juniors that was named after Lilly’s other daughter, Liza.
While I’m thrilled to be getting out the Lillys and I’ll be sad in a few months when they all have to go back into storage, I’ll be comforted by the fact that I have an amazing wide wale corduroy printed Lilly caftan with brightly colored yarn trim to wear throughout the cold months.
And as Lilly is famous for saying, “It’s always summer somewhere!”
