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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]
Mrs. Apfel became a celebrity in her 80s after a 2005 exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute celebrated her personal style. Tributes to the icon were quick to pour in from ...
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 ...
Iris Apfel, known globally for her bold style and individuality, has died at 102. Her work appeared in the White House and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Iris Apfel, beloved style icon whose fame ...
Iris Apfel, an interior designer and businesswoman who later in life became a fashion icon and taught at the University of Texas, has died at 102. Iris Apfel, an interior designer and ...
In 2009, the American Costume Collection of the Brooklyn Museum was transferred to the Costume Institute, as The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The high costs of maintaining and displaying the collection was the main impetus for the move, which followed years of close collaboration between the two ...
The fashion celebrity, who died March 1 at the age of 102, once decorated the White House and sparked a run on tiger velvet
Iris Apfel, a textile expert, interior designer and fashion celebrity known for her eccentric style, has died. No cause of death was given. Born Aug. 29, 1921, Apfel was famous for her irreverent ...