To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you have those two things, youโre made.
Iris ApfelI see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.
Iris ApfelI think you're born with style, but you have to develop it. You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.
Iris ApfelI think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't of been fashion then it would have been something else.
Iris ApfelI 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.
Iris Apfel