Iris Apfel, the beloved fashion icon and interior designer whose eccentric style inspired individuality, creativity and joy, has died, according to a post on her official Instagram account. AdvertisementAnd she was 96 when she published “Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon,” and 97 when she signed a modeling contract with global agency IMG Models, garnering the same representation as supermodels Gigi Hadid, Karlie Kloss and Kate Moss. I dress for myself.”Movies Review: Albert Maysles’ ‘Iris’ eclipses his restored ‘Grey Gardens’ “I don’t go out to catch people,” the great documentarian Albert Maysles once told a class at UCLA. Apfel studied art history at New York University and went on to attend art school at the University of Wisconsin. The show “had people chattering with a heat and enthusiasm rare in the fashion world,” the New York Times reported in 2005.
Source: Los Angeles Times March 02, 2024 21:10 UTC