- A documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel, the 93-year-old style maven who has had an out-sized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades, from legendary late 88-year-old documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles.
- IRIS pairs the 87-year-old Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even at Iris' advanced age, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. IRIS portrays a singular woman whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people are life's sustenance and reminds us that dressing, and indeed life, is nothing but an experiment. Despite the abundance of glamour in her current life, she continues to embrace the values and work ethic established during a middle-class Queens upbringing during the Great Depression. I feel lucky to be working. If you're lucky enough to do something you love, everything else follows.—Anonymous
- Ninety-three year old Iris Apfel and several people in her personal and/or professional life talk about her current life in relation to all the things she's accomplished leading up to this point. Having worked in her past life as an interior designer, including having had some White House commissions, and as a fabric designer (largely recreating classic designs), she is arguably best known now as a fashion icon, her style, in her own words, not being pretty, but rather bold and brave, her iconic trademark being her set of strong, oversized circular eyeglasses. Those commenting on her talk about her blending the world of design, fashion and art. With one of the largest collection of costume couture pieces, she had a first of its kind display outlining her collection and thus her fashion sense at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which led to subsequent similar displays. In terms of her personal life, she touches upon her longtime marriage to "older" Carl Apfel and how she views what she does in relation to her age. As she is in the twilight of her life, one of the questions becomes what will happen to her collections, which are crammed into several abodes and storage units, the individual pieces which may not be worth much in a purely economic sense, but which as a statement on her style as a collective are arguably priceless.—Huggo
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