Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, United States on August 29th, 1921 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 102, Iris Apfel biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Iris Apfel (née Barton; born August 29, 1921) is an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon.
Early life
Born Iris Barrel in Astoria, Queens, 1921, Apfel's only child of Samuel Barrel (1897–1967), who owned a glass and mirror business, and his Russian-born wife, Sadye Barrel (née Asofsky) (1898–1998), who owned a fashion store. Both Jews. Although she was raised on a farm by her parents and grandparents, she loved riding the subway in Manhattan to explore Manhattan, where she fell in love with Greenwich Village. She browsed antique shops as a child, launching her own line of jewelry from around the world.
She studied art history at New York University and attended art school at the University of Wisconsin.
Personal life
The Apfels did not have children partly due to the amount of travel they were compelled to do; she did not want children to be raised by a nanny.
Apfel and her partner Carl shared Yatagan by Caron, one of Apfel's most popular fragrances.
Carl died on August 1, 2015 at the age of 100. He was married 67 years ago. Apfel was 100 years old on August 29, 2021, marking her 100th birthday.
Career
Apfel, a young woman, worked as a copywriter for Women's Wear Daily, earning $15 a week, and Elinor Johnson, a interior designer, dressed apartments for resale and honing her skills for finding rare items. She served as an assistant to illustrator Robert Goodman.
Carl Apfel married her on February 22, 1948 (August 4, 1914 – August 1, 2015). Two years later, they founded Old World Weavers, a textile company that continued to exist until 1992. The Apfels specialized in fabric reproductions from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and they travelled to Europe twice a year in search of textiles they could not find in the United States. The company's New York showroom was located at 115 East 57th Street in Manhattan. Iris Apfel has worked on a number of design restoration projects over her career, including work at the White House for nine presidents: Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. The White House deal was one of Old World Weaver's most straightforward, since they mainly wanted to duplicate what had previously been used. Jacqueline Kennedy, a one exception, according to Apfel, was Jacqueline Kennedy. Apfel recalled: "She hired a well-known Parisian designer to gussy up the house and make it a true Frenchie." We had to take it all out and restart again after that. However, I did like Mrs Nixon. She was enchanting."
The couple began traveling around the globe, where Apfel also purchased pieces of non-Western, artisanal clothing. She wore these clothing to clients' high-society parties.
Iris Apfel, a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Division of Textiles and Apparel, became a visiting professor in 2011.
She appeared in a television commercial for the French car DS 3 in 2016 and was the face of Australian brand Blue Illusion. Apfel also announced in March 2016 that a joint venture with technology startup WiseWear was in play on a new line of Smart Jewellery. Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon, a HarperCollins biography, was published in 2018.
She began a modelling career with IMG in 2019, at the age of 97. Tommy Hilfiger, a performer who was often out for appearances, recommended that she obtain formal representation.