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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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Queens
New York
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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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I'm making a lot of noise as I walk.
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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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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 just never want to completely grow up.
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Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.
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You have to observe a few simple rules in dressing, which are really not rules it's just being appropriate. If you're 70 and want to wear miniskirts, 70-year-old knees ain't pretty!
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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 love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.
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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'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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It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.
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I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.
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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. 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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I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
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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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