Iris Apfel, the celebrated interior designer, fashion icon and New York businesswoman, died this Friday at her home in Palm Beach. Her death was also announced on her verified Instagram page, where a day earlier she had celebrated that leap day represented her 102nd and a half birthday.
She became famous for her irreverence and her striking looks, which mixed haute couture with costume jewelry and oversized jewelry. The New Yorker even referred to retirement as "a fate worse than death"