Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel
Iris Apfelis an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 August 1921
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Shock can kill you. Shock is terrible. But what you've got to do is live in the present, which is what I have always done.
buy express people suit
I think people should express themselves more and not just buy what's in. While it can be very beautiful, and it may suit you perfectly, I'm sure it doesn't suit everyone in the same way. I like people who express themselves and are more individualistic.
inspiration bugs steps
I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
Nothing I ever did I expected to do. It just kind of happened.
Self-exploration is very painful, but unless you do that, you will never know who you are and who you want to be.
Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
fashion thinking unhappy
I always feel that if you're gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it's in or it's chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It's better to be happy.
I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
inspiring fashion thinking
When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
mother example chic
I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
past views ifs
In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
I don't look at Instagram. I don't have much to do with social media.
morning talking years
To find out who you are is like putting yourself on a psychiatric couch, but you have nobody to help you. Really it isn't easy. I was talking with my nephew this morning and he gave me one of the best quotes I've heard in years 'Personal style is curiosity about oneself.'
mother simple black
My mother worshipped at the alter of accessories and I got the bug. She always said, if you have a good, little, simple black dress and you have different accessories, you can have 27 different outfits.