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Iris Apfel, renowned New York designer and style icon, dies aged 102

Fashion personality who found fame in her 80s went from a copywriter at Women’s Wear Daily to a design authority whose projects included the White House

The subject of several museum exhibitions and a documentary, Apfel more recently starred in campaigns for H&M, eBay, Citroën and even had a Barbie doll made in her likeness. Entitled Rara Avis (Rare Bird): the Irreverent Iris Apfel, it was the first time the Met had focused on a living female who wasn’t a designer. Aged 91, she became Dazed Magazine oldest cover star and in 2019 following advice from Hilfiger she signed with one of the world’s biggest modelling agencies, IMG.

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