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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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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
Businessperson
Interior Designer
Model
Queens
New York
Iris Barrel
Rules
Waste
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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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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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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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I was in art school since I was five years old. I've always been to art school.
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I just never want to completely grow up.
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today.
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When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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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
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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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When you go to a nice restaurant, you want to be relaxed and have a drink and everything, you want to look at people who look well. You don't want to look at some slob with an open shirt and a hairy chest. At least I don't.
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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.
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I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.
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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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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.
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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To find out who you are is like putting yourself on a psychiatric couch, but you have nobody to help you. Really it isn't easy. I was talking with my nephew this morning and he gave me one of the best quotes I've heard in years 'Personal style is curiosity about oneself.'
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