Iris Apfel Quotes

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• You have to know yourself and know what you can carry. If you're not comfortable, no matter how well dressed you are, you're not going…
• To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you…
• I do have a dominant shopping gene but, unlike a reasonable person, I never plan for what I need each season. I enjoy the thrill…
• I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired.
• If you don’t learn constantly, you don’t grow and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder…
• In my view you can't go to the future if you haven't come from the past.
• If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went to high school…
• You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as…
• I think dressing up or down should be a creative experience. Exciting. Fun. For me the key to personal style lies in accessories. I love…
• I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they’d be better off.
• My mother worshipped at the alter of accessories and I got the bug. She always said, if you have a good, little, simple black dress…
• You have to look in the mirror and see yourself. If it feels good, then I know it's for me. I don't dress to be…
• My mother knew if you bought a couple of really good architectural outfits and put your money into accessories, you could create a million different…
• I think jewelry can change an outfit more than anything else. Transformation, punch, individuality: One or all of the above are why you should wear…
• To find out who you are is like putting yourself on a psychiatric couch, but you have nobody to help you. Really it isn't easy.…
• I’m a hopeless romantic. I buy things because I fall in love with them. I never buy anything just because it’s valuable. My husband used…
• If there was a choice on spending a lot of money on accessories or dress, I always chose accessories. I think jewelry can change an…
• Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map…
• I never had a fondness for gems or the extravagance of Harry Winston or Van Cleef & Arpels. I've always liked the more flamboyant, imaginative…
• I can't tell people how to have style. No amount of money can buy you style. It's just instinctive.

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