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You can't just say, I'm gonna have style. You have to work at it. It's intuitive some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.
Iris Apfel
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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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Iris Barrel
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I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
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If you don't have any individuality and you're happy just being one of the girls (or boys) be my guest. I'm not the fashion police. I won't fault you.
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Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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More is more and less is a bore.
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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, you’re made.
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I had to be my own person and live my own life if I wanted to be happy, and I just did it.
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When you're older, no matter how good your humor is you don't always feel perky and peppy. But if you sit home all day and brood about it, it gets worse.
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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I'm delighted that gay people now want to get married and I say why not! It's nobody's business and I would happily give my blessing.
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Caviar used to be my drug of choice, but since my husband is on a no-salt diet, I've kind of given it up. I still have dreams of sitting down and gorging, though. I love it with a good vodka I don't like it with champagne.
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I find that if I get up and push myself, I get lost in what I'm doing, and I forget about everything else until I stop doing it.
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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I think I still keep my sense of wonder, which I call childlike, not childish, childlike. I still have a vivid imagination, and I like to try a lot of new things.
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You're not pretty, and you'll never be pretty. But, it doesn't matter. You have something much better. You have style.
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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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You have to look in the mirror and see yourself. If it feels good, then I know it's for me. I don't dress to be stared at, I dress for myself.
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I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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Never be afraid to stop traffic.
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First you have to know who you are. That is the most important thing, as if you don't know who you are you will either get swallowed up or you follow some unsuitable trends and just become a nonentity.
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