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10.09.2021 / 16:17
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Now that a 100 year-old is designing a collection for H&M, is ageism over in the fashion industry?
Whistles, Matchesfashion and Toast. Then to her, perhaps Dame Helen Mirren, 76, at the Venice International Film Festival last week in shimmering Dolce & Gabbana might be an ‘older’ inspiration.All these women are mere spring chickens when compared with Iris Apfel though, the 100-year-old model, designer, tastemaker, and for want of a better word, influencer, who is H&M’s latest collaborator.In a world of identikit street style personalities wearing the same designer accessories, Apfel is a rare bird.