Iris Apfel: Her Colorful Life That Made the World Crazy for the 100-Year-Old Fashion Icon

Unparalleled, legendary icon, unconventional

──IRIS APFEL

1921.8.29-2024.3.1

“More is more and less is a bore.”

Fashion is not just a style of dressing, but a way of life

──This was the lifelong practice and declaration of Iris Apfel (1921–2024).

The oldest young person in the world, the 102-year-old fashion grandma Iris Apfel, who was highly popular in global searches, passed away on March 1, 2024. However, the intellectual and visual legacy she left behind has greatly inspired and benefited those of us who had the privilege of living in her era. Her bold, decisive, and fearless interpretation of fashion is deeply ingrained in our hearts, unforgettable after just one encounter.

In the summer of 2023, as she approached her 102nd birthday, she picked up a pen and paper and began her plan to write a book for posterity.

This book contains over three hundred private photos, as well as beautiful fabrics from old-world weaver archives that have never been publicly displayed. Iris's astonishing energy leaps off the pages, as she recounts her creative works, adventures, and her unwavering belief: color and creativity are essential elements of a good life.

This book compiles the key essence of Iris's philosophy of life, sharing the secret of why this eternal fashion star became more popular with age, never defeated by trends, and always at the forefront of the times! ──She achieved what ordinary people like us cannot: being true to herself! It reveals her fashion views and life philosophy through six major themes, combining colorful visual design with vivid narration, depicting how she expressed herself through color, patterns, and materials, and expounding on the deeper value behind style──dressing is a way of self-understanding and communicating with the world.

This is not just a style guide, but an inspiring life story that encourages readers to consider:
Can I live a unique life? Can I also become a classic?