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Iris Apfel
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American interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)
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Iris Barrel Apfel was an American interior designer, businessperson, model, and designer. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. Her professional fields included interior design, fashion design, design, and entrepreneurship. She spoke English.
Born in Queens, New York, on August 29, 1921, she died in Palm Beach on March 1, 2024. She was buried at Beth David Cemetery. Apfel was a centenarian.
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Queens, New York, USA
Iris Apfel is an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel led a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies.
Known for
- Dries — Self2017
- Iris — Self2014
- Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's — Self2013
- Bill Cunningham New York — Self2011
- Leute heute — Self1997
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Key facts
- Born
- Iris Barrel , ( 1921-08-29 ) August 29, 1921, Queens, New York , U.S.
- Died
- March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01) (aged 102), Palm Beach, Florida , U.S.
- Resting place
- Beth David Cemetery , Elmont , New York
- Alma mater
- New York University University of Wisconsin
- Occupations
- Businesswoman interior designer fashion designer model
- Years active
- 1950 – 2024
- Spouse
- Carl Apfel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; died August 1, 2015</span>"}]]}'>2015 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Iris
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Palm Beach
- Occupation
- fashion designer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- entrepreneurship
- Image
- Iris Apfel at MIFF (cropped).jpg
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- birth name
- Iris Barrel
- Commons category
- Iris Apfel
- date of birth
- 1921-08-29
- name in native language
- Iris Apfel
- subject has role
- centenarian
- date of death
- 2024-03-01
- place of burial
- Beth David Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Iris Apfel (/ˈæpfɛl/ AP-fəl; née Barrel; August 29, 1921 – March 1, 2024) was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel had a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies. In retirement, she drew acclaim for a 2005 show at the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring her collection of costume jewelry and styled with clothes on mannequins as she would wear them. She became a fashion icon, was the focus of the 2014 Albert Maysles documentary Iris, then signed to IMG in 2019 as a model at age 97.
Early life
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