Iris Apfel DEAD

[rhythmbandit]

Celebrated stylemaker and self-named 'geriatric starlet' Iris Apfel dies at age 102

Apfel's late-in-life emergence as a stylemaker was celebrated in magazines and museums. Her company made reproduction fabrics for the White House for decades. She became a fashion model at 97.

news.wjct.org

What a fabulous woman.

 

[untilted]

Ultimately expected but still…. RIP to a trailblazing icon.

 

[disneyteletubby]

Iris Apfel, renowned New York designer and style icon, dies aged 102

Fashion personality who found fame in her 80s went from a copywriter at Women’s Wear Daily to a design authority whose projects included the White House

www.theguardian.com

Iris happened to be first on my Moopy Deathlist, but besides that, amazing how much she achieved in actual later years, and how it can be celebrated now.
A long life well-lived 🕊

 

[untilted]

Iris Apfel, renowned New York designer and style icon, dies aged 102

Fashion personality who found fame in her 80s went from a copywriter at Women’s Wear Daily to a design authority whose projects included the White House

www.theguardian.com

Iris happened to be first on my Moopy Deathlist, but besides that, amazing how much she achieved in actual later years, and how it can be celebrated now.
A long life well-lived 🕊

Absolutely… 102! And she had so much zest right up until the end.

I love how she lived her life unapologetically, she and her husband remaining childless because “career first” (iconic) and they just poured SO much into it.

I believe he was a fair age himself, around 96? They lived and loved so hard together and she coped well without him but I know it wasn’t the same for her.

 

[LTZ]

I liked her until this came out, then I didn’t anymore https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a12229624/iris-apfel-fashion-week-obama-trump/

 

[disneyteletubby]

I finally saw something on the news about her, and I didn't know before that the Incredibles animated character Edna Mode was partly inspired (the big glasses) by Iris Apfel.