Iris in Scottish Meanderings

Whilst searching for the film 'Iris' about Iris Murdoch the other day, I came across a documentary about Iris Apfel instead. I was captivated. Not just by the fact that at 90 (when the doc was made) she still looks fabulous but also by the fact she speaks a lot of sense for someone who has worked in the somewhat pretentious world of fashion in New York for many years.

This is a short clip of her when she was interviewed for Newsnight on a visit to London when she was 93 just to give you a flavour of her if you want.


I was reading on someone's diary the other day about her wanting to 'break out of the box' and try different things regarding her wardrobe and it made me think about that when I watched the documentary. Iris discovered a talent for style very early on, developed it and used it to her advantage and I love the fact she still dresses just as well in her nineties, explores flea markets with delight and has such a great eye for accessories. She can change the plainest of outfits just by a few pieces of jewellery but she definitely has an eye for what to pick and how to put it all together. The documentary also explores her relationship with her husband, Carl, (now deceased) who lived until he was almost 101. They worked together, lived together, had no children and were still obviously just as much in love as when they first got together.

Quite a testament.

And then I watched the 'Iris' I'd originally been looking for and wept at the ravages of Alzheimers.