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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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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 don't happen to like pretty things. I don't like pretty dresses. I like more attractive. I like people that look a little bit more offbeat. I don't like the classic pretty face. That doesn't mean it's not pretty or it's not wonderful, and most people don't agree with me, but that's the way I think.
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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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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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I don't pay attention to things like the talent for style. I don't meditate on things like that. I just do whatever I think I should do and go with it, and if people like it, then I'm very happy about it. And if not, I always figure it's their problem not mine.
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It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.
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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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I just never want to completely grow up.
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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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I always feel that if you're gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it's in or it's chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It's better to be happy.
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If you hair is done properly and you're wearing good shoes, you can get anyway with anything.
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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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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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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 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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If you put something together and it doesn't look so good, the fashion police are not going to come and take you away. And if they do, you might have some fun in jail.
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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I never just went to look for clothes and style I always find that wherever I go.
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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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