There is ageing
gracefully, and then there is Iris: Iris Apfel (born August 29, 1921) is an American
businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon. Apfel consults and lectures about style and other fashion
topics.
The former interior designer was 83 years old and over a
decade into her retirement when her second career started and she became an It
Girl. At age 90 in 2012, Apfel was a visiting professor at
University of Texas at Austin.
The documentary Iris by Albert Maysles
was released in April 2015.
And when asked what’s next, then? She answered: "Oh, I’ve got so many projects on
the fire. The movie is coming out. The kids come from Texas. I’m working on
another handbag collection. I have another jewellery collection, too. I’m
starting a new book—musings, things that pop into my head, little essays, and
one-liners. A lot is going on."
Iris Apfel doesn’t give a hoot. This woman is a law unto
herself.
Charmingly rude, brilliantly abrupt, wearing gigantic owlish
glasses and necklaces that look like pythons sliding around her oesophagus,
Apfel is the kind of rare nonagenarian people want to keep hold of.
"I
would tell everybody to keep as busy as possible, because if you have
obligations and things to do, you can put any problems aside and stop kvetching."
Iris Apfel (94)
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