Iris Apfel, the designer who decorated the White House and revolutionized the fashion industry, has died at 102. (EFE)
Iris Apfela fashion icon from the New York district Queens widely recognized by his huge owl glasses, died this Friday 102 yearsaccording to a message posted on his account Instagram.
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“Iris Barrel Apple“, August 29, 1921 – March 1, 2024,” the publication reads, accompanied by a photo of the designer wearing a long gold-print dress. The day before she was still active on this social network.
The self-proclaimed “geriatric starlet” He achieved his greatest fame between his 80s and 90s..
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Born in 1921 into a Jewish family QueensApfel studied art history. In addition, she helped with the renovation as a flamboyant interior designer White House for nine presidents, Harry Truman To Bill Clinton.
Apfel helped nine presidents renovate the White House.
Because his hypnotic appeal was discovered with an exhibition of his collection in the New York MetropolitanIn 2005, when Apfel was already 84 years old, magazines and fashion brands noticed her. Since then, he has done campaigns with jewelry, fashion and even ice cream brands.
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He recently signed a collection for HMafter a series of collaborations with companies such as Citroën, Magnum, Happy socks either MAC.
“The world can be a gray place, so colors, patterns and textures are a way to add some fun.. The same goes for makeup: I want my lipsticks to be as bright and bold as possible,” she said in a 2022 interview with People magazine.
In the interview he also talked about one of his most characteristic objects, the large and colorful plastic glasses: “People told me: 'Why are they so big?' “And I told them because they are happy to see you,” said he.
His unique style became famous especially in his 80s and 90s.
With more than three million followers on Instagram, the model – the antithesis of ageism – continued to give lessons on trends and makeup as the image of the Ciaté London brand until the final moments of her life. She was also a fixture in the front rows of Paris fashion shows for more than half a century.
Her cropped white hair, huge glasses, bright lipstick and maxi pearl necklaces earned her a bizarre reputation among stars New York high society.
Apfel filled two floors of his apartment with it Park Street with works by the great designers of the 20th century, collected over their many decades.
After she married her husband Carl Apple The two founded in 1947 Weavers of the Old Worlda textile company that worked with celebrities of the time such as Greta Garbo and Estée Lauder.
With 2.9 million followers, she left a lasting mark on Instagram.
In 2014, the “Fashionista” was the subject of a documentary: “iris“, leaded by Albert Maysles. In 2015, after 67 years together, she lost her husband CharlesTextile industrialist who died at the age of 100.
Apfel, who never shied away from color or unconventional silhouettes, encouraged young women to do the same at a meeting Avoid the “modern uniform of black tights or jeans with sweaters, boots and leather jacket”.
Instead, he gave them his favorite mantra: “Dare to be different!”
(With information from EFE and AFP)