Iris Apfel

Iris Apfel was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel had a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies. In retirement, she drew acclaim for a 2005 show at the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring her collection of costume jewelry and styled with clothes on mannequins as she would wear them. She became a fashion icon, was the focus of the 2014 Albert Maysles documentary Iris, then signed to IMG in 2019 as a model at age 97.

29 August 1921

Born on the same birth day (29 August): Daryll Neita • Donn Fendler • James Finlayson (industrialist) • John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke • Kristjan Rahnu • Patrick van Aanholt

Born in the same month (August 1921): August Kowalczyk • Ben Bradlee • Dinos Dimopoulos • Geoffrey Elton • Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg • Herb Ellis • J. James Exon • John Herbert Chapman • Karel Husa • Kenneth Arrow • Leo Penn • Lidia Gueiler • Marilyn Maxwell • Maurice Richard • Monty Hall • Nancy Kulp • Pat McDonald (actress) • Reuven Feuerstein • Tony Pawson (cricketer)