IRIS APFEL: GERIATRIC STARLET

IRIS APFEL ~ THE GERIATRIC STARLET

Iris Apfel is a businesswoman, interior designer, fashion lover, and fashion icon.  She is one of the most stylish, unique, energetic fashion icon of the fashion world.  She describes herself as the "geriatric starlet".

Iris Apfel was born as Iris Barrel in Astoria, Queens, New York in August 29, 1921.  She is the only child of Samuel Barrel and Sadye Barrel.  She studied art history at New York University and attended University of Wisconsin art school.  Iris Apfel became famous in 2005, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition about her famous accessories.  The exhibits celebrated Iris' ability to transform herself into worldly goddess through clothes and accessories.  According to Iris, her secret for a great personal style is knowing yourself, staying curious, and maintaining a sense of humor.

Take note of some of her fashion and style wisdom.  I hope you will be inspired of Iris' sense of humor about her wonderful personal style.

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Fashion you can buy, but style you possess.  The key

to style is learning who you are, which takes years.

There's no how-to roadmap to style.  It's about

self-expression and above all, attitude.

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If your hair is done properly and you are wearing

good shoes, you can get away with anything.

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The worst fashion faux pas is to look

in the mirror and not see yourself.

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Put your money into accessories and you

could create a million different looks

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I say, dress to please yourself.  Listen to your

inner muse and take a chance.  Wear

something that says, 

"Here I am",

today!

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I don't dress to be stared at.  I dress for myself.

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If you're not comfortable in your

own skin, you won't be comfortable

in your clothes.

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You have to try it.  You only have one trip,

you've got to remember that.

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I absolutely consider fashion a form of art.

Of course, a lot of people put effort into

looking awful, but there are also people

making art.

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More is more and less is a bore.

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When you don't dress like everyone else,

You don't have to think like everyone else.

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If you put something together and

it doesn't look so good, the fashion

police are not going to come take

you away.  And if they do, you might

have fun in jail.

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You can't try to be somebody you're not;

that's not style.  If someone says,

"Buy this and you'll be stylish",

you won't be you.

You have to learn who you are first,

and that's painful.

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I am a practical person.  Most fashion people

live in the clouds, and they're full of it.  I live

like a human being - or, I try to - and I have

to be practical.  I'm a great believer in

common sense, and the older I get, I can

see that common sense is not that common.

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Coco Chanel once said that, what makes

a woman look old is trying desperately to 

look young.  Why should one be ashamed

to be 84?  Why do you have to say that 

you're 52?  Nobody is going to believe you 

anyway, so why be such a fool?  It's nice

that you got to be so old.  It is a blessing!

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Every age can have its own kind of beauty.

When you are young, you can take more

chances and show off your body.  But

as you age, you can't fight gravity.  If

you're 80 years old, nobody is going to

thing that you are 32 years old.

It is ridiculous vanity!

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I always feel that if you're gonna be

uncomfortable and unhappy in something,

just because you think it's in or it's chic.

I would advise you to be happy rather than

well-dressed.  It's better to be happy.

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Iris Apfel

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WOMAN AND MAKEUP

Makeup is under the umbrella of cosmetics and it refers mostly to products

containing pigments that are intended to enhance or change the user's appearance.

Makeup is meant to applied externally on the face and eye area with brush,

makeup sponge, or the fingers.

When Cleopatra came to power in the 1st Century BC, Egyptian women had at their disposal

a broad spectrum of colors when in comes to their cosmetics, which were

made from rocks, minerals, and plants found in the Nile region.

Some of the materials used by Cleopatra are:

~  the bright green malachite paste of the Ancients Egyptian on her lower eyelids,

~  Kohl was used as a protection for her eyes,

~  Castor oil was used as a protective balm,

~  beeswax, olive oil and rosewater were used as skin creams.

From 5000 years ago, when Ancient Sumerian men and women were the first to wear

lipstick by crushing gemstones; the role of makeup continues to evolve over the next centuries.

Here are some of the things that women said about their makeup:

Makeup should never be used to hide yourself.

It should be used to enhance your natural beauty.

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May your foundation match your neck,

Concealer be creaseless,

and winged eyeliner be sharp enough to kill.

Amen

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Makeup is used to highlight your face,

not to hide it.

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Makeup is not a mask.

Makeup is art.

Makeup is passion.

Makeup is expression.

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If your sad, add more lipstick and attack.

(Coco Chanel)

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On a bad day there is always lipstick.

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Makeup is not a tool meant to make

an ugly thing beautiful.

It is meant only to magnify the beauty

that already exists

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I believe that all women are pretty without makeup

and can be pretty powerful with the right makeup.

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Makeup is self-confidence applied directly to the face.

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I wear makeup only to impress myself and say,

"damn bitch you looking fabulous today".

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Yes, I wear makeup.

No, it isn't because I think I'm ugly.

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When you haven't worn makeup in a week

and you put on mascara and you're like...

Move over Beyoncé, Mama's back

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Your makeup should never precede you

but walk with you.

(Estee Lauder)

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That's one of the thing I love about makeup,

You can change your whole attitude by just doing your 

eyeliner or lipstick differently.

(Beyoncé)

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Why are you so dolled up?

You're not going to a fashion show.

The world is my runway!

Now, if you'll please

Excuse me.

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Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember,

understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.

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The best thing is to look natural, but

It takes makeup to look natural.

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Beauty is power, and makeup is something that really 

enhances that; it's a woman's secret.

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Makeup is a way for a woman to look and feel like herself, 

only prettier and more confident.

(Bobbi Brown)

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Beauty, to me is about being comfortable

in your skin.  That or a kick-ass

red lipstick.

(Gwyneth Paltrow)

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Give the girl the right makeup and 

she can conquer the world!

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Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

(Elizabeth Taylor)

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Lipstick is really magical.  It holds more than a waxy bit of color,

it holds the promise of a brilliant smile,

a brilliant day, both literally and figuratively.

(Roberta Gately - Humanitarian & Writer)

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Red lipstick is to beauty what the LBD is to fashion.

The difference is that when you walk into a room

wearing a red lip, people notice you.

(Francois Nars)

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She has a way with words,

red lipstick and making an entrance.

(Kate Spade)

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Makeup can help you be yourself.  It's not about

Making you become a different person,

It's about making you look better.

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INNOCENCE ~ WE RETURN

"When we are children, we seldom think of the future.

This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few

adults can.  The day we fret about the future is the day

we leave our childhood behind."

"Return To Innocence"

That's not the beginning of the end

That's the return to yourself

The return to innocence

Love ~ Devotion

Feeling ~ Emotion

Love ~ Devotion

Feeling ~ Emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak

Don't be too proud to be strong

Just look into your heart my friend

That will be the return to yourself

The return to innocence

If you want, then start to laugh

If you must, then start to cry

Be yourself don't hide

Just believe in destiny

Don't care what people say

Just follow your own way

Don't give up and use the chance

To return to innocence

That's not the beginning of the end

That's the return to yourself

The return to innocence

Don't care what people say

Follow just your own way

Don't give up,

Don't give up

To return to innocence

If you want then laugh

If you must then cry

Be yourself don't hide

Just believe in destiny.

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YOU ARE NOT YOUR SHOE-SIZE!

YOU

You are not your shoe-size, nor are you the

width of your waist, nor are you the slenderness of your calves.

You are not your hair color, your skin color.

You are not your bra-size.

You are not defined by the amount of attention you

get from males, females, or any combination thereof.

You are not a little red dress.  

You are not the number of sit-ups you can do,

nor are you the number of calories in a day.

You are not your mustache.

You are not the hair on your legs.

You are no amalgam of these things.

You are the content of your character.

You are the ambitions that drive you.

You are the goals that you set.  

You are the things that you laugh at and

the words that you say.

You are the thoughts you think and the things you wonder.

You are beautiful and desirable not for the clique you attend, but 

for the spark of life within you that compels

you to make your life a full and meaningful one.

You are beautiful not for the shape of the vessel,

but for the volume of the soul it carries!

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PERFUME: WHY WOMAN SHOULD CONSIDER WEARING IT

27 REASONS WHY WOMAN SHOULD CONSIDER WEARING PERFUME

1.  Your perfume is your message, your scented slogan.

2.  Ladies, a man will never remember your handbag, but he will remember your perfume.

3.  If you want something fresh and new, your perfume is the best way to do that.

4.  You are never fully dressed with out perfume.

5.  Perfume is the indispensable compliment to the personality of women, the finishing touch on a dress.

6.  A successful perfume is one in which the formula is a beautiful as the fragrance.  One that makes the woman wearing it smile and awakens desire in a man.

7.  Perfume is a mark of female identity and the final touch of her style.

8.  Perfume is a way of stopping time.  You smell a beautiful scent and you remember something.

9.  People who smell good are automatically more attractive.

10.  Ladies, if you want to feel like a queen, wear a fragrance that makes you feel good.

11.  No elegance is possible without perfume.  It is the unseen, unforgettable, and the ultimate accessory.

12.  Perfume heralds a woman's arrival and prolongs her departure.

13.  A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

14.  Women who smell good are automatically more attractive.

15.  Perfume is the indispensable compliment to the personality of a

woman, the finishing touch on a dress.

16.  Perfume speaks the loudest on a subliminal level.

17.  Perfume sets the mood for glamour.

18.  Nothing brings to life again a forgotten memory like perfume.

19.  Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

20.  Perfume is like cocktails with out the hangovers, like chocolate without the calories,  like an affair without the tears, like a vacation from which you never have to come back.

21.  Long after one has forgotten what a woman wore, the memory of her perfume lingers.

22.  Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume.

23.  Perfume opens endless horizons.  It appeals both to the senses and to the imagination.  Like an enchantment, it works on an instinctive level and at the same time is extremely substle.

24.  Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living.

25.  A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.

26.  Perfume is the key to our memories.

27.  Just like men, perfume is never perfect right away; you have to let it seduce you.

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