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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
Businessperson
Interior Designer
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Queens
New York
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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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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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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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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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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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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'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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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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Never be afraid to stop traffic.
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When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.
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I never had a fondness for gems or the extravagance of Harry Winston or Van Cleef & Arpels. I've always liked the more flamboyant, imaginative things. I lusted after costume jewelry. My husband was a very lucky man.
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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 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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The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.
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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'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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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 don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time
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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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