Albert Maysles directs this documentary profiling the New York fashion icon Iris Apfel. The programme follows her extraordinary career which has seen her, with husband of 66-years Carl by her side, found the fabric manufacturing company Old World Weavers, work on the White House as an interior designer and lecture on fashion as a nonagenarian. The programme traces the couple's life together as they open up their much-photographed private homes, share home-made footage of their unique biannual global shopping trips and discuss their time together as Carl approaches... his landmark 100th birthday. Friends and famous faces from the fashion industry also contribute their stories of the couple's career including photographer Bruce Weber, designer Dries van Noten and editor Margaret Russell. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Iris pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert 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 in Iris' dotage, 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."
Albert Maysles directs this documentary profiling the New York fashion icon Iris Apfel. The programme follows her extraordinary career which has seen her, with husband of 66-years Carl by her side, found the fabric manufacturing company Old World Weavers, work on the White House as an interior designer and lecture on fashion as a nonagenarian. The programme traces the couple's life together as they open up their much-photographed private homes, share home-made footage of their unique biannual global shopping trips and discuss their time together as Carl approaches his landmark 100th birthday. Friends and famous faces from the fashion industry also contribute their stories of the couple's career including photographer Bruce Weber, designer Dries van Noten and editor Margaret Russell.
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