Lilly Comes to the Gardens Mall

What a beautiful day in South Florida! I attended the grand opening of the new Lilly Pulitzer flagship store at the Gardens Mall, in Palm Beach Gardens. The Gardens Mall is my new favorite mall and with the arrival of Lilly, the icing is on the cupcake!!!

As I headed toward the store, I stopped to visit the Lilly Jeep in the Grand Court. Also on display near the jeep was the "Colorful Cause Showcase." Lilly Pulitzer teamed up with nine celebrity moms and together they created incredible women's and children's Lilly Pulitzer looks. Some of the proceeds from the sale of these designs will help to generate support for EBMRF (a non-profit organization devoted to finding the cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa--a skin disease). For more information about this organization go here.

The famous Lilly Jeep...

I was so excited to get to the new store. All the clerks were soooo friendly and they were all wearing awesome Lilly outfits!! Debbie was the first to welcome me and told me how much she liked my Lilly skirt--I was wearing the Croc Monsieur pattern. She said, "You have to see the ladies room, this pattern is on the wall"! I thought, great...I'm wearing the bathroom wall pattern. So anyway, we went in and it was soooooo cute. She insisted I pose for a photo in there...

So, here I am in the ladies room at the Lilly Pulitzer store... Lord have mercy!

Here's a close-up of the Croc Monsieur fabric...so preppy and so cute!

Debbie then gave me a tour of the fitting rooms! I have nevah evah seen such cute rooms!!! They were all sooo Lilly-ish!

The first fitting room is painted with all the colors ever used for the Lilly designs...
The next fitting room is the hammock room, with a jungle theme...

The next room has the "Story of Lilly" written all over the walls...I loved one of the tags--"The Official Uniform of the Affluent." Yes ma'am!!!Now, this was probably my favorite fitting room...The "Lilly Room". The design was inspired by the famous photo of Lilly as young lady shown in this photo...

And here is "The Lilly" fitting room...Too cute, y'all!
After the grand tour, it was time to shop! But first...Champagne and Lilly-fied cupcakes!

They even have their own bottled Lilly Water...Hmmmm, now I'm thinking I simply must have my own bottled water. I could give this out as my "Friendship Gift" in July or August and people would think I am very chic! Yes, I have to get my own bottled water, just like Lilly!
What I really wanted to do was sit down on the beautiful pink sofa and watch all the excitement. I wish that I had taken more time to look at all the ladies who were shopping and see what they were wearing. That's what I like to do...look at what well-dressed ladies are wearing! But, at this point, I already felt like a stalker in the store...snapping pictures with my camera and taking notes while Miss Debbie was giving me the tour. I also wish that I had taken the time to read every word on the wall about the Lilly Pulitzer story. Anyway, it was time to get shopping and get out there--people were beginning to look at me real funny! I had so much fun looking at all the cute Lilly stuff.

Thank you so much Debbie for your gracious hospitality! You are absolutely precious and you looked darling in your Lilly skirt (I believe it's the Beverly Hills Skirt?). Now that I'm home and looking at your photo, I'm thinking I WANT THAT SKIRT! Here's Debbie offering up some Lilly-fied cupcakes...Here I am leaving the store with my Lilly goodies. No, I'm not telling you what I bought. I just realized that my blog feeds onto my Facebook page and husband is a friend. I definitely have to rethink that...Too much information is just that, too much! He doesn't need to know everything inside the bag:) Y'all know what I mean!

Miss Janice in front of the Lilly Pulitzer store...

And, "Here's What I Was Wearing"...The skirt is Croc Monsieur by Lilly, the sweater is a lime-ish green by Lilly, the tee is from Target, the Bermuda bag and lime-ish colored cover are by Lilly, and the sandals are pink and lime-ish by Bonnano's. I was wearing a gold monogrammed drop pendant and the matching drop pendant monogrammed earrings, my silver and gold Oyster Perpetual Rolex, my gold charm bracelet with charms from waaaaay long ago, and my Cartier wedding band. Here's a close up of the shoes and the bag cover...

If you live in the South Florida area, stop by the new Lilly store at the Gardens Mall on PGA Boulevard. For more information about the grand opening of this store, go here. You might also be interested in checking out the Lilly blog.

Thank you for stopping by today.