http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/ bits and bobbins Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/#comment-13562 bits and bobbins » archives » rare bird of fashion (and) pattern magic Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:07:34 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/#comment-13562 [...] rare bird of fashion: the irreverent iris apfel by eric boman: not too long ago, i was gushing about the release of a book about iris apfel, remember? i’m happy to announce that i finally have that hot haute tome it in my hands, having ordered it from amazon.com last week. and it’s everything i’d hoped it would be, and more: this glossy and glamourous coffee table-sized hardback is filled with snapshots of iris wearing her clothes (these were not costumes, and ms. apfel is, by her own words, NOT just a collector of clothes, these are things she actually wore) coupled with a whole section about ms. apfel’s life and how her clothes figured into that life, and fabulous quotes interspersed with photographs of her ensembles. she was, and still is, even in her twilight years, joyous, thoughtful, intelligent, unafraid to push boundaries and express herself through her clothing! again, i am not one for “style icons” in the traditional sense, but ms. apfel, as i have said before in that aforementioned post, is a major exception to that rule o’ mine. here’s a small peek inside the book, at some lovely ensembles that she has worn, and some terrific quotes from iris that strike a huge chord with me personally: [...] [...] rare bird of fashion: the irreverent iris apfel by eric boman: not too long ago, i was gushing about the release of a book about iris apfel, remember? i’m happy to announce that i finally have that hot haute tome it in my hands, having ordered it from amazon.com last week. and it’s everything i’d hoped it would be, and more: this glossy and glamourous coffee table-sized hardback is filled with snapshots of iris wearing her clothes (these were not costumes, and ms. apfel is, by her own words, NOT just a collector of clothes, these are things she actually wore) coupled with a whole section about ms. apfel’s life and how her clothes figured into that life, and fabulous quotes interspersed with photographs of her ensembles. she was, and still is, even in her twilight years, joyous, thoughtful, intelligent, unafraid to push boundaries and express herself through her clothing! again, i am not one for “style icons” in the traditional sense, but ms. apfel, as i have said before in that aforementioned post, is a major exception to that rule o’ mine. here’s a small peek inside the book, at some lovely ensembles that she has worn, and some terrific quotes from iris that strike a huge chord with me personally: [...]

]]> http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/#comment-10054 red_swirl Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:45:02 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/#comment-10054 Oops, guess I should have mentioned 'here' is Australia ... sorry the link won't work! Oops, guess I should have mentioned ‘here’ is Australia … sorry the link won’t work!

]]> http://bitsandbobbins.com/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/#comment-10053 red_swirl Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:43:24 +0000 http://bitsandbobbins.com/journal/2007/03/19/rare-bird-of-fashion-the-irreverent-iris-apfel/#comment-10053 Hello! This got me thinking about the over-use of the word fashionista. Which led me to thinking that the person I'd nominate as style icon would be Lee Lin Chin. She is a newsreader here for SBS (one of the 5 big TV channels here ... but the smallest). Actually, SBS eventually made a series of short programs where Lee Lin Chin interviews fashion designers, and you can get a sense of her style watching them (a bit grainy) at: [url]http://www.sbs.com.au/fashionista/index.html?id=778[/url] I think you'd like her style ;) Hello! This got me thinking about the over-use of the word fashionista. Which led me to thinking that the person I’d nominate as style icon would be Lee Lin Chin. She is a newsreader here for SBS (one of the 5 big TV channels here … but the smallest). Actually, SBS eventually made a series of short programs where Lee Lin Chin interviews fashion designers, and you can get a sense of her style watching them (a bit grainy) at: [url]http://www.sbs.com.au/fashionista/index.html?id=778[/url] I think you’d like her style

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