Iris Apfel -“you have to be interested to be interesting” #IRIS #MIFF [#geekgirl]

IRIS the documentary will be shown at this year’s #MIFF festival  (30 July – 16 Auguest).

While doing some research, I stumbled across this YouTube video of Iris Apfel (at the tender age of 91); and Deborah Lloyd talking with Nadja Swarovski about the secret to style and creativity.

I’m so looking forward to another doco by Albert Maysles about IRIS.

– Variety calls it…“A joyous celebration of creativity and razor-sharp wit sustained into old age.” 

At 93 years of age, New York fashion icon Iris Apfel is as flamboyant and inventive as ever; her humour and intelligence as undiminished by time as her talent for reappropriating old garments and found objects into eccentric, eye-catching designs.

The last full film of acclaimed documentarian Albert Maysles – one half of the brotherly duo behind Grey Gardens andGimme Shelter (MIFF 2001) – Iris is an engrossing character study of a woman (and her loving husband, Carl) who has been both the subject of a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition and a shrewd entrepreneur whose interior decoration advice was sought by nine presidents of the United States. Iris is a candid, affectionate insight into the mind of a fascinating individual, and a rare treat for fashion lovers.

“Maysles does a wonderful job of providing context on top of character moments … a rich and endearing entry into [his] already complete and accomplished career.” – Criterion Cast

Editor’s note: I do wish she wouldn’t wear fur!