"I live in [jeans] most of the time, but I had a helluva time getting a pair of jeans around 1940, when I was at the University of Wisconsin. I thought I’d wear jeans, a turban, and some old earrings. So I went to an Army-Navy store, but you have to remember, back in those days, all the men in Wisconsin were the size of Paul Bunyan. Then the salesman told me, “Young ladies don’t wear jeans.” He wouldn’t sell me any or have them cut down. So I kept going back to the store, and they kept throwing me out, so to get rid of me, they finally ordered me some boys’ jeans."
For more on the fabulous Iris Apfel, see more on her apartment, a brief interview, and some examples of her fabulous clothes collection.
OMG! I think I love her. I want her as a third grandmother. Why did I not know about her already? Thank you for the introduction!
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I love this, thanks for sharing! I particularly like those creepy portrait paintings of scary kids hanging up in her living room. Very quirky! xp
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