Iris Apfel
American businesswoman and interior designerWikipedia
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Oct 24, 2026
Amanda WaterstoneHOST
just exactly like myself and completely good in my own skin because that is the secret to great personal style don't hide your style away don't let anyone else dampen it don't be like my customer that i mentioned in the beginning whose husband or whose friend or whose mom comes along and says no no i don't like that because they're not wearing it you are And if you like it, if it feels good, if it feels right for you, then it's your style personality and you should lean into it and go with that to develop your own signature style.
Amanda WaterstoneHOST
Now, Iris Apfel has a brilliant quote on this.
Amanda WaterstoneHOST
You can't try to be somebody you're not.
Amanda WaterstoneHOST
That's not style.
Bunny WilliamsGUEST
Believe it or not, one of my most favorite people was Old World Weavers.
Bunny WilliamsGUEST
And it was Iris Apfel, you know, who became this incredible.
Bunny WilliamsGUEST
And I was there with her and Carl.
Bunny WilliamsGUEST
And they taught me about fabrics and the weaves and things.
speaker_6AUDIENCE
I've been on the fat liberation train since the early aughts, and yet I feel I haven't succeeded in killing the fashion cop in my head.
speaker_6AUDIENCE
I worry, will wearing a dress make me illegible as non-binary? Is it really okay to show my fat arms and not try to conceal my belly, etc.? ? Will, say, pattern mixing and graphic tees make me mutton dressed as lamb, Iris Apfel and her advanced style cohort notwithstanding.
speaker_6AUDIENCE
By the way, I'm pretty sure I learned the phrase mutton dressed as lamb in my teens from a Regency romance.
speaker_6AUDIENCE
Basically, I want to wear the queer edgy looks I feel most myself in without worrying that I'll come off looking foolish or clownish.
Melissa GaltHOST
We simply reinvent, reimagine, reignite.
Melissa GaltHOST
Look at Iris Apfel.
Melissa GaltHOST
Wonderful example of never quitting, but reinventing.
Melissa GaltHOST
She didn't become an influencer until she was 80-plus years of wisdom, because in my little world, there is no age.
Lisa O'NeillHOST
They made me very happy.
Lisa O'NeillHOST
Now, how's your week looking? I've just been sitting, going through my planner, and do you know what I loved? I loved that the quote this week is from my old mate, Iris Apfel.
Lisa O'NeillHOST
Now, if you don't know who Iris Apfel is, I strongly suggest Googling her.
Lisa O'NeillHOST
There is an amazing documentary called Iris.
Lisa O'NeillHOST
Um, Iris was 104, I think, when she died, and was the most extraordinary woman.
Liz TaylorHOST
Something that's been that you think, oh my God, you know.
Liz TaylorHOST
So for me, I want to be Iris Apfel.
Liz TaylorHOST
That's who I want to be.
Liz TaylorHOST
I was 70 in March and I just want to be her and I want to die at 102 with red lipstick on.
RussHOST
Because she's an eccentric fashion designer, many fans believe she was based on famed costumer Edith Head.
RussHOST
But animator and voice actor Brad Bird insists that it was a combination of Anna Wintour, Iris Apfel, and Linda Hunt who inspired what character from The Incredibles?
Rowan WardGUEST
It took a second for that to fall together, 'cause I'm like, it sounds sort of like Edith Head.
Rowan WardGUEST
I think it starts with an E, but it, not quite that.
James WelshHOST
It's not up to you.
James WelshHOST
Um, Iris Apfel, she looked great in blue eyeshadow- Yeah ... until she was what, 90? Yeah.
James WelshHOST
Come on now.
James WelshHOST
But, and, but, and what people don't bear in mind is that formulas and things like that have come such a long way since the early '80s, early '90s rule of, "Ladies, when you reach this age, delicate eyeshadows and delicate formulas," all this kind of stuff.