Lilly Pulitzer
Lilly Pulitzer
Lillian Pulitzer Rousseau, better known as Lilly Pulitzer, was an American socialite and fashion designer. She founded Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., which produces clothing and other such wares featuring bright, colorful, floral prints. As the brand is popular with high society, she was called the "Queen of Prep"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth10 November 1931
CityRoslyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! I entered in with no business sense.
I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don't think I'm very interesting... I like my work. I like what I gave. And that was it.
It’s always summer somewhere.
Despite the forecast, live like it's Spring.
I can't put into words what I think about anything.
Time means nothing to me.
I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.
I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy ... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks!
Seeing Michelle Obama's bright color choices, and how she made people smile and reinforced Obama's platforms of hope and change, was inspiring.
There will be a moment of silence while our prints do the talking.
I was a gypsy, living a carefree life of ponies and tennis.
Jackie [Kennedy] wore one of my dresses – it was made from kitchen curtain material – and people went crazy.
Life's a party, dress like it.
Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink.