A Bright Spring Day with Lilly Pulitzer for Target

Style, Samantha Chic, Lilly Pultizer, Lilly for Target, Forever 21, white blazer, mules, shift dress, Spring dresses, summer dress, Gin Blossoms, Charlotte, South Carolina, Fury, Carowinds, Disney World, ray-ban

Blazer: Forever 21 $11 (sale)
Dress: Lilly Pultizer for Target $38
Shoes: Forever 21 $33
Sunglasses: Ray-Ban $100 (sale)
TOTAL: $182

P.S. See the blazer also styled here & here

Now that the dust from the Lilly Pultizer for Target fiasco has settled, I've finally worn my first & only Lilly dress. I stayed up late the night it launched and luckily was able to get my hands on this dress and two pairs of shoes.

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I've never owned a "real" Lilly Putlizer dress so I have nothing to compare this one to, but overall I think it was a pretty good quality collection (I've heard dome quips about quality with Target collaborations in the past). My only complaint was that it creased pretty easily once I sat, but I'm sure that's true for any cotton shift dress.

The hardest thing for me was trying to figure out where to wear it and how to style it. I don't live in the South and never go out for brunch, so I thought I'd take a crack at wearing it to work. I'm lucky to work in a business casual office (I'd never wear this to a formal office).

The dress is a statement in and of itself so I decided to anchor it with all white accessories, like this blazer & mules from Forever 21. Initially I had added some simple jewelry, but then decided to go the Coco Chanel route & take off those items.

Style, Samantha Chic, Lilly Pultizer, Lilly for Target, Forever 21, white blazer, mules, shift dress, Spring dresses, summer dress, Gin Blossoms, Charlotte, South Carolina, Fury, Carowinds, Disney World, ray-ban

Style, Samantha Chic, Lilly Pultizer, Lilly for Target, Forever 21, white blazer, mules, shift dress, Spring dresses, summer dress, Gin Blossoms, Charlotte, South Carolina, Fury, Carowinds, Disney World, ray-ban

This post originally appeared on Samantha Chic.