Iris Apfel Celebrates 100th Birthday With Her Most Fashionable Friends

A century of style

September 10, 2021

TOTAL RAGER The scene inside Iris Apfel's 100th birthday party
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It’s fitting that Iris Apfel’s 100th birthday party occurred during New York Fashion Week. The interior designer, who became a style icon in her 90s, celebrated on the 107th floor of the new Central Park Tower.

Michael Feinstein performed “Happy Birthday” on a baby grand piano, as well as a personalized version of the Gigi showtune, “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore.”

Guests including Katie Holmes, Halle Bailey, Tommy Hilfiger, and Donna Karan celebrated with Apfel, and got an early look at items from her clothing collection for H&M, to be released in 2022.

And what’s the most important thing about an outfit, one guest gamely asked the woman of the hour? “The girl inside of it,” she replied.

Iris Apfel with her birthday cake
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Halle Bailey
Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images

Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Linda Fargo
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Katie Holmes and Fern Mallis
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Donna Karan
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Iris Apfel with her guestsPhoto by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Blair Eadie and Andrew Powell
Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images

Aaron Rose Philip
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Marilyn Kirschner, Joanna Mastroianni, and Wilma Bulkin Siegel
Photo by Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

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