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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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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'm making a lot of noise as I walk.
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When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.
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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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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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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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I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
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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 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.
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I just never want to completely grow up.
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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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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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It's not easy to know who you are and it's very painful and takes a lot of time and that is why a lot of people don't want to put in the effort.
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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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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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In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
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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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It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.
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My mother worshipped at the altar of the accessory.
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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.
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