“I confess that there have been rare occasions — a business meeting, say, or a funeral — when I’ve looked at my wardrobe and thought, ‘Why, this is a clown’s closet! Did the others ever face a similar dilemma?’          

‘A funeral? A business meeting?’ exclaims a horrified [Iris] Apfel, whose fame as an eccentric dresser is such that in 2005 the Met’s Costume Institute dedicated an entire exhibit to her wardrobe. ‘Who would want to dress for that?’”

- Lynn Yager, T Magazine, 2010