Iris Apfel
Sign in to saveAmerican interior designer and fashion icon (1921–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921-08-29
- Died
- 2024-03-01
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Colorful
- Colourful
- Weddings, Butterflies and the Sweetest Dreams
- Iris Apfel
- Zandra Rhodes
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Film & TV
Acting · 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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Ferric Reducing Ability of Plasma (FRAP) as a Measure of “Antioxidant Power”: The FRAP Assay
· 1996 · cited 17,866x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,478x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
· 2015 · cited 4,961x
- The consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer
· 2015 · cited 4,437x
- The GeneCards Suite: From Gene Data Mining to Disease Genome Sequence Analyses
· 2016 · cited 4,401x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 29 August 1921
- Died
- 1 March 2024
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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 model
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- entrepreneurship
- Image
- Iris Apfel at MIFF (cropped).jpg
Article
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.
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