ANY WOMAN WHO HAS EVER WORN A PAIR OF JEANS HAS IRIS APFEL TO THANK. I THE 1940s, WHEN ONLY LUMBERJACKS AND FIELD HANDS WORE BLUE COTTON DENIM, A PERSISTENT YOUNG GIRL HOUNDED THE OWNER OF A WISCONSIN ARMY & NAVY STORE UNTIL HE FINALLY ORDERED HER A PAIR OF BOY SIZED DENIMS. HER INTENT: TO WEAR THEM WITH TURBAN AND LARGE HOOP EARRINGS. SUCH WAS AN EARLY MILESTONE IN THE CAREER OF A FASHION VISIONARY AND MUSE WHO QUITE POSSIBLY LAUNCHED A TREND IN WOMEN'S FASHION - JEANS - THAT NOW REPRESENTS A 10 BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY YEARLY IN THE US ALONE. ON EXHIBITION AT THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, SALEM, FROM 17.OCTOBER.2009 THROUGH 7.FEBRUARY.2010.
'RARE BIRD OF FASHION: THE IRREVERENT IRIS APFEL' WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 80 DRAMATIC ENSEMBLES FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF LEGENDARY TASTE-MAKER AND STYLE ICON IRIS APFEL. KNOWN FOR HER ECLECTIC PERMUTATIONS OF DESIGNER CLOTHING AND EXOTIC BAUBLES, APFEL HAS INSPIRED BOLD DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CLOTHING AND DESIGN INDUSTRIES THROUGH HER SPIRITED IRREVERENCE AND PITCH-PERFECT TASTE. NOW IN HER 88th YEAR, SHE CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE VISUAL CULTURE WITH RADICAL JUXTAPOSITIONS OF FAR-FLUNG INFLUENCES. THESE SPECTACULAR AND UNEXPECTED WARDROBE COMBINATIONS ARE EXHIBITED WITH INVENTIVE STAGING AND PLAYFUL DISPLAYS THAT UNDERSCORE APFEL'S INEXHAUSTIBLE CREATIVE SPIRIT.
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