Iris 2014

     Carl Apfel is 101 years old and his wife Iris is 94 years old.  Iris worked for Women’s Wear Daily and for interior designer Elinor Johnson.  She was also an assistant to illustrator Robert Goodman.  After she married, the couple opened a textile firm two years later.  They retired from this firm in 1992.  She is always impeccably dressed in creative clothing and she has been gathering her collection over many years.  She grew up in Queens during the Depression and she still feels lucky to be working.  She consults, lectures and appears on television discussing style and other fashion topics.  Her collections have been sold on the Home Shopping Network and she is currently donating sets of her clothing and jewelry every year to a New York Museum.

     Iris is very slim, always looks put together in her signature style and she likes to wear a lot of large jewelry.  She always wears large rimmed glasses and you recognize her right away.  She is tireless and she is working every day.  Her New York apartment is filled with racks of clothing and collections of objects she has gathered.  Her mother’s apartment is also filled and she has a storage loft.  I don’t know how often she shops but it could be daily?  This is interesting and there probably isn’t another person like her?  3* (This movie is OK)

80 min, Doc directed by Albert Maysles with Carl and Iris Apfel.

Note:  Imdb 6.6 out of 10, 97% critic 85% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*.

Special Note:  The director, Albert Maysles is 88 years old.