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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.

Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel
Age: 103
Born: 1921
Born: August 29
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I think fashion today is horrible. Just open your eyes and look! What's good about it? There's no originality. Here and there, there is, but in general, en masse, there's very little creativity and very little originality. It's kind of boring. Everybody looks alike. Everybody seems to strive to look alike.
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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 world is always full of promise.
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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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To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!
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The fun of getting dressed is it's a creative experience.
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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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My look is either very baroque or very Zen – everything in between makes me itch.
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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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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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Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.
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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 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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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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