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In 2005, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition titled, “Rara Avis: Selections From the Iris Apfel Collection,” featuring 82 ensembles and 300 accessories from Iris’s decades-long ...
On September 13, 2005, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City premiered the exhibition Rara Avis [Rare Bird]: The Irreverent Iris Apfel, showcasing her style. It was the museum's first time mounting an exhibit about clothing and accessories focused on a living person who was not a designer. [19]
Apfel’s own fame blew up in 2005 when the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City hosted a show about her called “Rara Avis,” Latin for “rare bird.”
The exhibition, “Rara Avis (Rare Bird),” was the first time the museum had paid tribute to a living woman who was not a fashion designer. It was a hit and Apfel was lauded worldwide as a style ...
Apfel’s public profile skyrocketed in 2005 when the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City curated a show dedicated to her, titled Rara Avis, which means “rare bird ...
As the cult of “personal style” grew, Apfel became a prized practitioner. A Met Costume Institute show in 2005, “Rara Avis: The Irreverent Iris Apfel,” first brought her to the attention ...