Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon
Bold, original, and unmistakably Iris Apfel, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon brings together the celebrated fashion icon’s thoughts on style, creativity, life, and individuality. Drawing on decades spent in fashion, textiles, interior design, travel, and collecting, Apfel shares her perspective through personal stories, observations, essays, and memorable words of advice.
The book reflects on everything from childhood and personal style to manners, taking risks, and developing a point of view of your own. Apfel also shares stories from a remarkable career that included cofounding Old World Weavers with her husband, Carl, working as a textile restoration consultant, and becoming the subject of a celebrated exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
More than a collection of essays, Accidental Icon is a highly visual look into Apfel’s world. It features 180 full-color and black-and-white photos and illustrations, including personal photographs and mementos, fashion photography, illustrations, vintage postcards, and other unexpected pieces from her life and career.
Presented with bold, varied page designs, the book captures the wit, candor, curiosity, and individual sense of style that made Iris Apfel such a recognizable figure in fashion and design.
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First book by Iris Apfel
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Features 180 full-color and black-and-white photos and illustrations
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Includes essays, musings, anecdotes, observations, and personal advice
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Explores fashion, individual style, creativity, manners, and taking risks
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Includes personal photographs and previously unpublished mementos
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Features fashion photography, illustrations, vintage postcards, and memorabilia
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Draws on Apfel’s experiences in fashion, textiles, interior design, travel, and collecting
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Bold, visually varied design throughout