I’m back! So sorry to have been away for so long – all healthy in this house! I’ve got a great post today, to welcome y’all back! This morning I had the honor to enjoy brunch with the President of Lilly Pulitzer, James Bradbeer. The other ten ladies and I had such a wonderful time getting to know Jim and hearing about his life (he has four boys!) and about Lilly Pulitzer’s line. We also had a lot of time to chat about Lilly’s upcoming lines and new ideas. Jim is a kind and welcoming man, and had such a comfortable presence when chatting with us. You could tell he was genuinely interested in what we had to say, and I felt as though our opinions mattered to him. Yet another reason I love Lilly so much! He kept referring to the “others” out there, and how some people just don’t get it, the bright colors and all, but us Lilly lovers do, and that that’s okay! Haha! It was such a neat experience, and I’m so glad I was able to attend!
Here are a few photos I captured at the brunch…
Jim wouldn’t stand in the front.
This photo just shows how much of a variety that Lilly carries. We were all wearing different Lilly!
How sweet are the tables? We celebrated Belk’s new logo (revealed today) with Mimosas. Yum!
We were also treated to some freebies, including a market tote and koozie.
What a treat!
My friend and employee for the Lilly Pulitzer section at Belk, Leigh Ann, thought the sun was messing up the photo, so she suggested another take. More pics with Jim, fine with me! 🙂
Take #2!
I’m so excited for the Resort collection to come out.
There’s a light blue Jonah dress that will be perfect to support my Carolina Tarheels!
Thanks again for a great opportunity! Oh, and do you think I even thought of telling the hubs why I was invited to this event? Not exactly.
The hubs asked: “Why were you invited?”
The answer I gave him: “Because they know how much I love Lilly!”
The REAL answer: “Because I spend a large amount of money on Lilly!”
Hope y’all are having a lovely Tuesday!
I’ve missed you!
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What a wonderful experience you had, Ashley! I am sure many of your readers are very jealous. 😉 What is the name of the dress that has the pink sash and trim?
I'm so jealous–It looks like it was fabulous! I love your outfit!
You lucky duck!!! Leigh Ann is fab! I let her know I saw her on your blog! 😉 Hopefully that was okay!
What a fabulous blog post! I LOVE to read stories like this! I am so glad that everyone in your house is healthy and you go a chance to go to the Lilly lunch with Jim! The photos are wonderful, all the ladies look beautiful in their Lilly and Jim is so handsome! This is one of the many examples of why Lilly is such a fabulous company! I know I'll never forget my tour of the Pink Palace and meeting Scott Beaumont aka Mr. Pink and many other wonderful Lilly employees and I made some great friends.
I hope you invited Jim to follow your blog!
Thanks for sharing!
XOX Sue
You are a LUCKY GIRL!!! I so wish I had been with you today! Glad you had fun!
So fun! And I am excited to hear about a new potential Tar Heel Dress!!
The brunch looked absolutely adorable! You're so lucky!!
What a fabulous post! What a lovely time, and you look great in all of the pictures. 🙂
How fun. Cute dress, by the way. 🙂
Looks like great fun.
How fun!! You look so cute in your Lilly and all the other prints are always so cute too! What an amazing opportunity!!! I live up North where we don't have a Belk but had the pleasure of going to one in Florida on vacation…it was a great store! I'm green eyed in real life, but they are truly a little greener today….
FAB~U~LOUS!
I was living vicariously…
Love,
Mrs. Kindergarten
WOW! How did you manage that?! How FUN! I'm glad you had a great day. You sure are beautiful!
Ooooh, what a wonderful time! You look beautiful in the dress Ashley, it all must have been very exciting! I'm a big Belk's fan, and am so glad they have bounced back, it would have been a shame to lose that group of stores. Thank you for sharing the loveliness!
Sending you a smile,
tp
The brunch looks so fun and I love everyone's outfits!
Oh, the things our husbands never need to know! I love the dress you wore – it's just a great look!
Luck Girl I am just loving all the Lilly dresses. Especially the one that your were wearing. By the way what is the pattern of name of the dress with the pink belt? Is it Lilly? I have never send that one before.
Yeah.. everyone is feeling better at your home!!!
What a wonderful experience!!! HHL
Carolina Tarheels? Bleh! How bout some red for the wolfpack? 🙂 Is that at Crabtree? I miss the Raleigh area so much.
How fun! Love the dress you wore!
How awesome are you?! Such a lucky girl! And what hubby doesn't know about your shopping habits, won't hurt him! Glad you had fun!
SO fabulous!!! Love that you didn't tell you husband why exactly you were invited!!! So fun!!!
Oh my gosh I am so incredibly jealous of you right now!! A)I wish I could spend gobs of money on Lilly B)You got to meet the Prez C)Look how cute that little lunch set up is! 🙂
Lucky duck! I am sosososo jealous!
Glad you had fun. And so great that no one wore the same Lilly
Lilly and mimosas? Be still my heart! It looks like a fabulous time, and you look lovely in your dress!
What a fabulous opportunity! You look amazing in your frock lady!
Lucky lucky girl! Looks like SO much fun. What a treat! James Bradbeer actually sat behind me on the bus from the Martha Stewart show to the Lilly store 🙂 What a nice guy!