Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel
Iris Apfelis an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 August 1921
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
might enjoy wells
You only have one trip. You might as well enjoy it.
mother husband night
I don’t care what people think…I learned a long time ago…I was 19 and had a very traumatic experience….and I learned that I have to go to bed with myself at night and that I have to please myself…and as long as I don’t go out of my way to offend anybody that I love, upset my mother or my husband…I’ll do my own thing. And if the public doesn’t like it, it’s their problem, not mine.
hurt clothes dresses
I was never hurt by what anybody said about my clothes, because I dress to please myself. If somebody doesn’t like what I’m wearing, it’s their problem, not mine
girl school thinking
If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went to high school with came to middle age as frumps, because they just got by with their pretty faces, so they never developed anything. They never learned how to be interesting. But if you are bereft of certain things, you have to make up for them in certain ways. Don't you think?
interesting not-interested ifs
You have to be interested. If you're not interested, you can't be interesting.
fashion bores
More is more and less is a bore.
waste wasting-time
I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
style matter not-pretty
You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
new-experiences people challenges
If you don’t learn constantly, you don’t grow and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.
confidence here-i-am today
I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.
inspiring fashion thinking
When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
fashion attitude self
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.
girl thinking order
I never felt pretty. I don't feel pretty now. I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty. So I don't feel badly. And I think it worked out well, because I found that all the girls I know who got by on their looks, as time went on and they faded, they were nothing. And they were very disappointed. When you're somebody like myself, in order to get around and be attractive, you have to develop something, you have to learn something, you have to do something. So you become a bit more interesting.