{"id":79809,"date":"2024-03-02T10:21:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T10:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/lenny-kravitz-leads-tributes-to-iris-apfel\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T10:21:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T10:21:30","slug":"lenny-kravitz-leads-tributes-to-iris-apfel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/lenny-kravitz-leads-tributes-to-iris-apfel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenny Kravitz leads tributes to Iris Apfel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-03-02\" datetime=\"1709374890\" pubdate=\"\">2 March 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lenny Kravitz has paid tribute to late fashion icon Iris Apfel.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Lenny Kravitz leads tributes to Iris Apfel<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 102-year-old fashionista passed away at her home in Palm Beach, Florida on Friday (01.03.24) and Lenny took to Instagram to remember the late star.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe wrote: &#8220;You mastered the art of living. Thank you for your energy and inspiration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMaria Shriver wrote: &#8220;Wow! What a truly remarkable life #IrisApfel lived. She truly did it all: She was a businesswoman, she was a fashion model, she was a fashion icon, she was a college professor, she was a star of a documentary, she was a Barbie doll! Iris is truly proof that age is just a number.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8216;Ted Lasso&#8217; star Hannah Waddingham said: &#8220;Ohhhhhh. Goodnight and God bless Ma&#8217;am. What joy and endless style you brought to so many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nOther tributes came from designer Jenna Lyons, who said: &#8220;Thank you for sharing your beautiful life&#8221; and model Tess Holliday who added: &#8220;Rest in power! &#8216;Thank you for living your life so beautifully inspiring so many of us to live boldly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nIris achieved world wide fame in 2005 when the Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition focusing on her fashion sense titled Rara Avis (Rare Bird).<\/p>\n<p>\nShe went on to release collections with the Home Shopping Network and in 2022 she designed a clothing collection for H and M and a beauty collection for Ci\u00e1te London. <\/p>\n<p>\nBefore becoming a fashion icon, Iris pent her early years as an interior designer and textile expert. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe and husband Carl Apfel started the textile company Old World Weavers, in 1947. <\/p>\n<p>\nThey worked with clients including Greta Garbo, Est\u00e9e Lauder and Marjorie Merriweather Post.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey also did White House restorations for nine US presidents.<\/p>\n<p>\nCarl died in 2015 at age 100, and Irish told PEOPLE: &#8220;We had done everything together and I was devastated.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\nA brief message announcing her death was posted on her Instagram account, which read: &#8220;Iris Barrel Apfel August 29, 1921 &#8211; March 1, 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nStu Loeser, a spokesman for her estate, also confirmed her death to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/lenny-kravitz-leads-tributes-iris-apfel-1395518.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 March 2024 Lenny Kravitz has paid tribute to late fashion icon Iris Apfel. Lenny Kravitz leads tributes to Iris Apfel The 102-year-old fashionista passed away at her home in Palm Beach, Florida on Friday (01.03.24) and Lenny took to Instagram to remember the late star. He wrote: &#8220;You mastered the art of living. 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