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Iris Apfel: joyful iconoclast who broke all the rules with incredible taste
Her clothes weren’t so much outfits, as living tableaux. She left the house each day dressed as a picture of joy
Bangles stacked to the elbow, a slash of lipstick bright as apricot jam, those delicate, bird-like knuckles dusted with a clatter of sweetie-toned cocktail rings. She once explained that her passion for accessorising came from her mother, who taught her that “if you bought, for example, a simple little black dress, by changing the accessories, which are so transformative, you could make dozens of outfits out of the same basic piece.” Apfel wore Dior haute couture with flea-market jewellery, layered a vintage Balenciaga coat over a Mickey Mouse T-shirt, mixed 19th-century ecclesiastical vestments with Topshop.
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