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
new-experiences people challenges
If you don’t learn constantly, you don’t grow and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
style matter not-pretty
You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
waste wasting-time
I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
confidence here-i-am today
I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.
hurt clothes dresses
I was never hurt by what anybody said about my clothes, because I dress to please myself. If somebody doesn’t like what I’m wearing, it’s their problem, not mine
interesting not-interested ifs
You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.
girl school thinking
If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went to high school with came to middle age as frumps, because they just got by with their pretty faces, so they never developed anything. They never learned how to be interesting. But if you are bereft of certain things, you have to make up for them in certain ways. Don't you think?
song falling-in-love fun
I’m a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it’s valuable. My husband used to say I look at a piece of fabric and listen to the threads. It tells me a story. It sings me a song. I have to get a physical reaction when I buy something. A coup de foudre – a bolt of lightning. It’s fun to get knocked out that way!
mirrors feel-good looks
You have to look in the mirror and see yourself. If it feels good, then I know it's for me. I don't dress to be stared at, I dress for myself.
growing-up want grows
I just never want to completely grow up.
spring believe thinking
You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look young’. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when you’re not makes you look ridiculous.
teenager trying world
I see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.
positive thinking lucky
If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.
common-sense common believer
I’m a great believer in common sense, and the older I get I see that common sense is not that common