Mint Julep

«These clothes make people happy. You feel happy wearing bright colors. It makes you smile. Who doesn’t want to smile a little bit more these days.» — Lilly Pulitzer
I will preface this review by saying if you like Lilly, then you will love Mint Julep. If you don’t like Lilly, then you will be in «pastel hell» as one of my friends once dubbed it. I for one LOVE Lilly. I worked at a Lilly store when I was in college and wore lots of pink and green to class. It was glorious. Nowadays that I don’t live at the beach and unfortunately have a 9-​to-​5 rather than a life of leisure, I have far less of a need for fabulous sundresses in my life.
Fortunately I can justify a Lilly dress purchase each year for Atlanta Steeplechase. I was recently in desperate need of retail therapy and thought I’d kill two birds with one stone. Voila! 2015 Steeplechase dress/​new favorite cocktail dress purchased for 50% off. The employees at Mint Julep are always super sweet and helpful. They have decent sales. They also boast tons of Lilly accessories and a huge selection of other Lilly-​esque brands as well. If Palm Beach preppy is your thing, then Mint Julep is your shopping paradise.

I’ve shopped at Mint Julep several times and usually my experience is just ok. Some of the sales associates are attentive but the last couple of times I’ve had a less than stellar experience with an associate who just made me feel like a nuisance instead of a customer. My first experience with this associate was last week, where my friend later privately remarked about how rude the associate was. The second experience had to do with an item she rung up wrong and between the price adjustment and the return difference to my card, I spent about 40 minutes trying to correct her mistake. Instead of an apology regarding this mistake, she made me call my bank in order to get the transaction to reflect faster, and I honestly had to jump through hoops so I could repurchase the dress then and there. The other option was to leave my personal and card information at the store, which is a practice that most retail businesses do not condone due to privacy and security issues. Even though I love shopping for Lilly clothing, I will be making my next purchases online or at the Phipps store.

I dropped by a few weeks ago to get my Lilly fix, and I was very pleasantly surprised by the selection. Mint Julep is wonderful! Lord only knows why it took me so long to head on over, but I’m so glad I did. The sales associates were very attentive and helpful throughout the shopping excursion, and they remained patient while I tried on and compared various garments. In the end, I left with two adorable blossom dresses, and I couldn’t be happier!

A quick update on the fabulously re-​located Lilly store, now in the Peachtree Battle shopping center. Yes, Mint Julep changed digs but it is still as fabulous as ever.
My recent faves: the VERY cool jewelry — from bracelets to necklaces — and the awesome shirts. Today, I browsed and even saw cute sweaters in polo-​esque chic with «Naughty» and «Ho Ho Ho» on them — somehow they still seemed classy!
Too tempting to have them right across the street, again!

I am a Lilly Pulitzer lover, no doubt. Their clothing and accessories are so cute; I just can’t resist. They are even coming out with furniture. The ladies here are so nice and helpful. They never pressure you to buy things which I love. Plus, they carry other preppy brands too (just not as much merchandise as Lilly).