Self-described “geriatric starlet” Iris Apfel is always on top of (or, more often, ahead of) the trends, even when she’s not quite sure what the trends are. Case in point: Once the subject of a 2005 exhibition entitled Rara Avis (Rare Bird): The Irreverent Iris Apfel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and, more recently, that of
Karl Lagerfeld just revolutionized communication.