Ammon News - Iris Apfel, the interior designer and fashion tastemaker who found fame as an octogenarian, has died aged 102.
Apfel’s agent, Lori Sale, confirmed her death on Friday, and said “working alongside her was the honour of a lifetime”.
It is understood Apfel died at her home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.
As an eminent authority on antique fabrics, Apfel consulted on restoration projects including work at the White House.
Born Iris Barrel in 1921 in Queens, New York, she studied art history at New York University and later attended art school at the University of Wisconsin.
Her first job was a copywriter at Women’s Wear Daily. She later worked for the interior designer Elinor Johnson and also the illustrator Robert Goodman.
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