Happy Birthday Iris

Happy Birthday Iris!!!

The self-professed "geriatric starlet" is my idol.

Born August 29th 1921

Astoria, Queens, New York

Known for Textiles, Interior and Fashion Design.

Pic courtesy of Fashion Telegraph co UK

 This is a woman who believes in getting up at 4 am to scour flea markets, I wish I had this kind of  energy.  She also obtains her beautiful antiques and other items from local Armory and estate sales, including the liquidation of movie moguls.

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Her huge book collection makes me drool and look at the way she has stacked them...

I think this is fabulous.

Talk about someone who isn't afraid to make a statement much less think of herself as too young or old to wear what she likes.

 "Style I think is in your DNA you can learn how to be more fashionable, you can learn how to be better dressed but I don't think you can learn style.  I think that's something inherent".

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 As a child she traveled to Europe with her parents where they started in the South of Italy, went to Spain, and ended in Paris.

Picture courtesy of The Gaurdian

After that, she went “twice a year for about 50 years,” with her beloved husband of 67 years, Carl Apfel, who died last August, three days shy of his 101st birthday.   Their trips were usually for business: They founded Old World Weavers, a greatly respected textile and decorating firm that participated in White House renovations for nine presidents, from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton.

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Iris continues to work hard, finding her unusual and beautiful objects in flea markets to local armory and estate sales.

Picture courtesy of One Kings Lane

This pic reminds me of the late 60's and/or early 70's and I'm not sure how I found this pic but Iris looks so happy here with her husband and friends.

Picture courtesy of the New York Times

Iris Outside the Le Bon Marche' in Paris, where she is the subject of and exhibition and pop-up shop, read more here

Photo courtesy of Harpers Bazaar

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Iris continues to work to this day and is very hands-on with her business ventures.

Picture courtesy of Vogue co UK

The classy red lipstick...

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That's a good way of thinking of wrinkles Iris, Thanks and Happy Birthday.

Marti