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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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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
Businessperson
Interior Designer
Model
Queens
New York
Iris Barrel
Something
Never
Style
Pretty
Doesn
Better
Matter
Much

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There are so many empty headed people in the fashion business who take themselves way too seriously and I don't think I am at all like one of them. To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
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Style means you have a real curiosity about yourself and then you express it. Having style is not copying somebody else.
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It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.
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I think dressing up or down should be a creative experience. Exciting. Fun. For me the key to personal style lies in accessories. I love objects from different worlds, different eras, combined my way. Never uptight, achieving - hopefully - a kind of throwaway chic
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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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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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I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they’d be better off.
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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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I think that if you have to work very hard at dressing up and it makes you nervous or uptight, then you won't look very well because you won't be comfortable. I think it's much better to be comfortable and happy than well dressed, don't you?
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I'm a color person, I've never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big they don't fit into smaller bags.
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I don't think dressing has anything to do with numbers. I know people of 30 who act like they're 97, and I have a few old-bag friends who are very hip.
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I don't believe in rules. It's different for everybody. Everyone has to make their own decision and find out what's comfortable for them.
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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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You have to know yourself and know what you can carry. If you're not comfortable, no matter how well dressed you are, you're not going to look right. I'd rather be happy and feel comfy.
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If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is.
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