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Today’s #ageless #WCW is fabulous 99 year old @iris.apfel
Iris Apfel is one of the most vivacious personalities in the worlds of fashion, textiles, and interior design. Prior to becoming a “geriatric starlet” (a name she gave herself) Apfel launched and ran Old World Weavers, an international fabric manufacturing company, in 1950 with her late husband, Carl Apfel.
The husband-and-wife duo owned Old World Weavers until 1992, and in that time they did work for nine White House administrations, running from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. Though her years manufacturing fabrics are decades past, Apfel’s career in fashion just recently picked up.
“My first big job in beauty and fashion came when I was at the tender age of ninety,” says Apfel. She developed a limited edition collection of make-up for MAC cosmetics for the winter of 2011. Also in 2011, her line debuted on the Home Shopping Network. The line is called “Rara Avis” and includes all manner of large, colorful jewelry.
And in 2014, a documentary about Apfel’s life was released. Called simply, “Iris,” it was produced by the famed documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles and was nominated for an Emmy award in 2017.
Iris once said: ‘Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map to style. It’s about self-expression and, above all, attitude.’ Chile I agree! We salute you Iris for your incredible #ageless spirit. -XO