Celebrated stylemaker and self-named 'geriatric starlet' Iris Apfel dies at age 102
Apfel's late-in-life emergence as a stylemaker was celebrated in magazines and museums. Her company made reproduction fabrics for the White House for decades. She became a fashion model at 97.
If only every life could be as lavishly lived as Iris Apfel's. The celebrated interior designer, entrepreneur and late-in-life fashion model died in Palm Beach on Friday, her representatives confirmed. She was 102 years old.
Born Iris Barrel in 1921, she was brought up in Queens, New York. The daughter of.
