How to Find Lilly for a Fraction of the Price

So its summer and everyone loves brightly colored and patterned clothing. This means everyone is pulling out their Lilly Pulitzer clothing for the season and wearing them proudly. I don't know about everyone else, but I love the look of Lilly Pulitzer, but not so much the price of it. Keeping that in mind I have found many different items that I found for a fraction of the price and wanted to share how I did this with you all. Here are my strategies to finding amazing prices on Lilly.

Facebook groups are my favorite place to find them. My go to group to find my Lilly is called "Lilly Pulitzer: Dress to Impress"
       With this I love how everyone in the group are Lilly lovers so they do not over price things, and do not sell you things that are fakes or in horrible condition without you knowing. Iv bought a few things from this page and have had nothing but great service.

Mercari is another one you can use to find Lilly for a bargain. I found a dress that was originally $198.00 and got it for $40.00. What is great about this site is you can buy and sell just about anything and unlike Poshmark you do not have to give them a percentage of your sale. This means you are getting a great deal because the seller does not need to push prices up to make up for having to pay part to the site. This one also is great because if you for some reason do have issues you can dispute them with no issues.

I also have recently become OBSESSED with eBay to find my Lilly items. I have gotten five or more items from eBay and all together have paid maybe a little over $100.00 for all of them together. Yes eBay is one of those sites you need to look into the item before purchasing to make sure you are getting what you are wanting, but I have never had any issues come up.

Lastly do you know those hashtags you like to put all over your Instagram to reach out to different people? Well those can be used to find people who are selling their Lilly. I have found a few using #buymylilly or #buymelilly. These two seem to be the most popular, but go onto Instagram and type in random hashtags involving selling Lilly Pulitzer items and see what comes up.


I hope this helps you find some amazing deals to help add to your Lilly Pulitzer collections.
If you have any other tips on where you find your Lilly comment them below or share what you find on some of these sites!

XOXO Carissa Ann

Prep for Fall on a budget!

Trying to find all those cute Pintrests looks but on a budget? 

I know I am a broke college student always looking for cute looks for less so I will share a few things I have come across to get those trendy looks! 

My first tip is going to be shop out of season! 

I know who wants to buy this seasons clearance when you can't wear it for a year and they're will be something new by then! 

Well I look at it as if you love it now who cares what the "new look" is next year, be you and love that item next season!

If that isn't a option for you then go to overstock places like TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Burlington, etc. You can find some great deals for way cheaper than you would anywhere else! 

On that same note you can also go to my favorite place to shop .. 

OUTLET MALLS!!! 

Yes again last seasons or overstock clothes but those Jcrew chinos may be factory but id much rather pay $25 over $50 or however much they are at Jcrew, but hey that may just be me! 

But seriously outlet malls are like the best place ever!

I got my favorite Kate Spade Large Loden there for 50% off then another 20% that baby came to $150! how does someone pass that up! I know I didn't! 

Ok enough of my outlet mall obsession another place to check is Poshmark! I love this site so much its like Ebay but not Sketch! You can find so many different things and yes most of it is used but its normally a great price and most of the time looks brand new! I got my favorite Fossil cross body that was originally $160 for $25 and it was in perfect condition! 

You also could use eBay but again you need to watch what you are buying because some things are sketch on there! 

Another place I have recently fallen in love with is a site called aliexspress.com! It is a site that literally sells everything! I bought a herringbone vest on there for $25!! I get so many compliments on it and everyone thinks it from Jcrew! 

But ill let you all be the judge of that! 

With this site you have to be careful and read through the reviews before buying an item because sometimes you are getting something different than what is pictured but there are some really amazing deals you can get! 

I also got two knock off triangl bikinis on there and they look amazing! I will insert pictures and a link below! 

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But this site is also amazing for accessories that you won't wear a lot or even for one occasion!

Just again read the reviews before you buy please!!

Another tip is save those pictures you find of cute outfits and keep them on your phone for when you go shopping! 

You should see the amount of pictures I have on my phone of random outfits I want! 

Now when you go shopping at places like forever 21 or H&M look for pieces you can use that look like the ones in those outfits! 

You should be able to find things very similar if not identical for half the price! 

Lets be honest yes those bean boots are adorable but I love my madden girls duck boots just as much and they were over half the price! 

Heres a tip that may contradict my last statement but it is something my mom has always told me ever since I was little that now I am starting to agree with ..

When buying something you are going to wear a lot it is ok to splurge!

The reason is yes those boots may have cost you $200 but they will last five years unlike those ones you got for $40. Which means you'll have to probably pay over $200 in those five years because you replaced those boots so many times! 

Another HUGE tip is ..

COUPON, COUPON, COUPON!

Like I can't even count the amount of apps I have on my phone for couponing!

Yes I am a crazy coupon lady!

Like I mean get all the apps possible! 

Ill probably do another blog on those another day if anyone is interested :)

Well for right now those are my tips to save you some money and still look amazing! 

Hope this helps! 

Any comments or want to see something in another blog comment and let me know! 

Also I have started a instagram so add me at @Lifewith_Carissa 

XOXO Carissa Ann