Iris Apfel Quotes

If you're over 60, arms are not pretty, so I think you should stay covered up. But wear what's appropriate for what you're doing, how you live, and what your lifestyle is.

You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style.

I'm not a minimalist, as I'm sure you've noticed.

I used to collect frames. I've been collecting accessories since I was 11-years-old, creeping around flea markets and sales and everything. Whenever I saw unusual eyeglass frames, I bought them.

I don't count myself as a fashionista because I do a lot of other things. That's just a small part of my life.

It's not easy to know who you are and it's very painful and takes a lot of time and that is why a lot of people don't want to put in the effort.

I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.

Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.

I find that if I get up and push myself, I get lost in what I'm doing, and I forget about everything else until I stop doing it.

If your hair is done properly you can get away with anything

Given the choice, I would spend my money on accessories.

I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

Sometimes I think fashion is going to hell.

I love a nice hot pink. I like thick lipstick, otherwise it doesn't look like you're wearing any.

I don't dress to be stared at. I dress for myself.

I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't of been fashion then it would have been something else.

To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!

Society should emphasize personality. Accomplishment. Interest. Intelligent things. I think everybody should look as good as possible too.

I live in the 17th century. I don't have a computer. I don't look at the internet. I use a cellphone, and that's about my only connection to the modern world.

If you don't have any individuality and you're happy just being one of the girls (or boys) be my guest. I'm not the fashion police. I won't fault you.

I think fashion is just part of my life and if it hadn't been fashion then it would have been something else.

I think you're born with style, but you have to develop it. You can be born with the talent to be an opera star, but you've got to work and practice it.

You can't just say, "I'm gonna have style." You have to work at it. It's intuitive; some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.

I'm making a lot of noise as I walk.

I don't think dressing has anything to do with numbers. I know people of 30 who act like they're 97, and I have a few old-bag friends who are very hip.

I don't spend my life getting dressed! I have to put clothes on during the day; I don't get dressed up at all when I'm working. I'll wear jeans, or something very simple.

I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.

I don't believe in rules. It's different for everybody. Everyone has to make their own decision and find out what's comfortable for them.

You have to observe a few simple rules in dressing, which are really not rules; it's just being appropriate. If you're 70 and want to wear miniskirts, 70-year-old knees ain't pretty!

There are absolutely no rules about style at all. Not for me.

I'm a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it's valuable.

Fashion and interior design are one and the same.

Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.