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
fashion style
Fashion you can BUY, but style you POSSESS.
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.
fun might wells
When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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.
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.
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!
positive thinking lucky
If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.
might enjoy wells
You only have one trip. You might as well enjoy it.
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
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?
interesting not-interested ifs
You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.
waste wasting-time
I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
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.
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.