Iris Apfel: Her Life in Photos

She also spoke candidly about what works—and what doesn’t—when it comes to personal style. “Everybody looks the same,” she said regarding red carpet style.

 “In a way, it’s rather sad, because there will be this nice little woman in Squeedunk who sees Angelina Jolie in a dress, who of course looks ravishing, and she’ll buy the dress and it will look pitiful. I think the worst faux pas in fashion is to look in a mirror and see somebody else—which so many people do. They think a dress is going to transform them. They don’t realize it’s themselves and their attitude. Because that’s what style is: attitude, attitude, attitude.”

Iris Apfel and actress Whoopi Goldberg attend Carmen Marc Valvo Women’s and Men’s Collection S/S 2016 during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at The Arc, Skylight at Moynihan Station on September 15, 2015 in New York City.

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