Palm Beach Style

The resort town of Palm Beach, Florida, is often referred to as the American Riviera—defined as much by its azure water and sun-kissed residents as by the gilded Beaux Arts architecture, the photography of Slim Aarons, and the preppy, sherbet-colored threads of Lilly Pulitzer. From the resurgence of Pulitzers’s clothes into mainstream fashion—we loved her dresses from the Summer 2007 Social Butterfly collection—to a renewed interest in guiltless island living, the style this town represents is making a comeback. To incorporate the trend in sensible, no-gilt Minnesota, look for more subdued colors and current textures.