Biography
Iris Apthel is an American collector and designer whose images regularly become a sensation in the fashion world. Big glasses, bright prints, unusual textures and accessories accompany woman, making style icon.Childhood and youth
Iris is the heiress of the rich family of barrel. She was born on April 29, 1921. Childhood girl spent in New York. Her mother kept her own boutique, and his father was selling the mirrors and had dating with representatives of the US model houses.
Interest in fashion manifested itself from Iris by 12 years. Studying in an art school, Afel was engaged in creativity, learned important nuances from the history of the arts and often accompanied his mother on shopping.
Personal life
Iris got married in 1948. Her spouse was Karl Afel. Their acquaintance took place in the resort in New York. The man made an offer of his hand and hearts a few months after the first meeting. Husband and wife loved each other, but the children did not appear in the pair. In 2015, Karl died. Remembering the spouse, Iris says that was happy in his personal life.Now the woman lives alone in New York, in the apartment, which is furnished in accordance with the usual style for aptile. In the interior, things are combined from different countries and epochs, there are antique items and modern elements. The designer does not like minimalism and prefers to surround itself with accessories with history.
Women's growth is 169 cm, and weight is unknown.
Career
The first work of the girl was the position of the compiler of advertisements in the prestigious edition of Women's Wear Daily. Iris quickly bored duties, and she moved to cooperation with illustrator Bob Goodman. After some time, the Afel fasciate interior design. Thanks to the relationship of the father's career, his daughter went uphill.
At first, Iris was engaged in working with the interior, but, picking up a lining for the walls, made a discovery. It turned out that her main love is textiles. A woman decided to associate a biography with him in the 1950s, when, together with his spouse, opened Old World Weavers. Gradually business has grown, and the organization has become famous far outside the United States.
The main feature of the applencer enterprise was the use of weaving machines for the restoration and production of fabrics by antique technologies. Customers Old World Weavers became celebrities, collectors and designers. In the 1990s sold, but the founder continued to occupy the position of the consultant in it.
Iris was busy in large commercial projects related to the design and restoration of interiors.
In 2005, she was offered to organize an exhibition of the decorations collection. Invitation gave rise to a new stage in the life of a woman. Personal accessories Aris Afelle presented in the Metropolitan Museum. The feature of the exposure was the timing of preparation. For 5 months, 8 dozen outfits and hundreds of decoration models were staffed. The exhibition was first in the museum from among the dedicated personalities who did not have attitude towards the design of clothes. This added the sharpness of the information about. The exposition was popular, and people who fond of fashion were recognized about Iris.
In 2009, Afel became the heroine of the exhibition at the Costume Institute. Outfits of Feshent-Diva put on a separate opening site. A similar proposal, the Institute did only IVA Saint-Laurent in the 1980s. Iris presented to visitors 80 costumes and 300 jewelry acquired in different parts of the world.
Aris Afel applies to the number of long-livers, but a revered age does not prevent her from continuing to live an active life, engage in advertising and become a participant in marketing projects. In 2011, she created a collection of cosmetics Mas, and in 2012 taught at the University of Texas.
Iris Afel now
Iris holds the status of style icons, appearing in public in intricate and original outfits. A woman has an account in "Instagram", where the photos from events and photo shoots regularly appear. In 2019, Alpina Publisher published a book "Iris Apthel: Icon by Whee." She did not become a full-fledged work, but turned out to be a collection of statements and thinking about fashion, accompanied by the photo of the main heroine.The popularity of Iris is now so great that the fans of the fashion world know by hearting her quotes, and the film of the same name in Russian has repeatedly demonstrated on open film images.