And finally, the many terrific companies I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with over the years, with an additional bow to M·A·C, Macy’s, Modern Kids, One Kings Lane, Neiman Marcus, and Tag Heuer for being so generous with their imagery.
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About the Author
IRIS BARREL APFEL is the World’s Oldest Living Teenager. A renowned collector of and authority on antique textiles, she cofounded Old World Weavers, an international textile manufacturing company specializing in reproducing antique fabrics for an elite clientele. She was also a consultant to the White House during nine presidential administrations and produced fabric that still hangs in the Gold Room today. In 2005, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art staged Rara Avis, a blockbuster exhibit of her clothing and accessories, making her the first living woman who was not a fashion designer to be so honored; the show then traveled to numerous other museum venues. Since that time she has been featured in many publications in print and online, and has collaborated with and been the face of an ever-growing list of brands and retailers worldwide. She sells Rara Avis, her line of clothing and accessories, on the Home Shopping Network. The subject of director Albert Maysles’ award-winning feature film Iris, and a visiting professor at the University of Texas, she is the recipient of numerous awards, including a special award from the Women Together foundation at the United Nations.
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Copyright
IRIS APFEL: ACCIDENTAL ICON. Copyright © 2018 Iris Apfel. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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