{"id":66697,"date":"2024-03-02T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/iris-apfel-the-accidental-fashion-icon-dead-at-102\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T21:47:02","slug":"iris-apfel-the-accidental-fashion-icon-dead-at-102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/iris-apfel-the-accidental-fashion-icon-dead-at-102\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris Apfel, the ‘accidental’ fashion icon, dead at 102"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iris Apfel, a centenarian style icon from the New York borough of Queens immediately recognizable by her oversized owlish glasses, has died at age 102, according to her Instagram account.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The self-described \u2018geriatric starlet\u2019, best known as a textile designer and fashion celebrity, reached peak fame only in her 80s and 90s.<\/p>\n

A flamboyant interior designer, she was a fixture on front rows of Paris fashion shows for more than half a century.<\/p>\n

Her cropped white hair, massive glasses, bright lipstick, large-bead necklaces and bangles earned her kooky distinction among New York\u2019s glitterati.<\/p>\n

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Iris Apfel filled two floors of her Park Avenue apartment with work by the great designers of the 20th century, amassed over her multiple decades of life.<\/p>\n

And designers and fashion notables from Alexander Wang to Isaac Mizrahi declared themselves fans of the world\u2019s most chic centenarian, well-known for her love of baubles.<\/p>\n

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New York\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art staged the first major retrospective of her wardrobe in 2005, with Apfel admitting she was as likely to pick up interesting jewellery in a Harlem junk shop as in Tiffany\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Helping Apfel\u2019s fame spread beyond the style pages was Albert Maysles\u2019s successful 2014 documentary about her, \u201cIris.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four years later her autobiography \u2018Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon\u2019<\/em> hit bookstore shelves.<\/p>\n

Always the entrepreneur, Apfel was known for her collaborations with a variety of brands: a Barbie was made in her image, she had a Home Shopping Network collection and even produced a makeup line with MAC Cosmetics.<\/p>\n

The key to enjoying life, she said, was to never stop working. \u201cI haven\u2019t,\u201d she once told guests at a reception in her honour at the American Embassy in Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cTry new things. Don\u2019t let age and numbers frighten you. You have to find your own bliss, be as individual as you can, and don\u2019t go with the herd,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Iris and her husband, Carl Apfel, who lived to be 100, co-owned Old World Weavers from 1950 to 1992, restoring and selling textiles including to the White House.<\/p>\n

Born Iris Barrel on August 29, 1921, in Queens, Apfel went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin\u2019s art school and worked as a copywriter for Women\u2019s Wear Daily.<\/p>\n

Never one to shy away from colour or unconventional silhouettes, Apfel urged young women at one gathering to abandon the modern \u2018uniform of black tights or jeans with a sweater, boots and a leather bomber jacket\u2019.<\/p>\n

Instead, she told them to \u2018dare to be different. Be yourselves, be individual\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you wear something and it doesn\u2019t work, don\u2019t worry,\u201d she quipped, \u201cthe style police are not going to arrest you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tributes poured in from across the internet following Apfel\u2019s death, reflecting her wide following.<\/p>\n

Musician Lenny Kravitz described Apfel on Instagram as someone who had \u2018mastered the art of living\u2019, while clothing store Old Navy remembered her as a \u2018forever icon\u2019.<\/p>\n

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