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Sorry, Not Sorry: Christie’s offering fashion and decor from singular PB style setter

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Sorry, Not Sorry: Christie’s offering fashion and decor from singular PB style setter

If you missed your chance to buy some of Iris Apfel’s funky eclectica on the shop-at-home channel a few years back, Christie’s auction house is giving you another .

And, like a few years ago, you can shop without moving your potatoes from the couch.

A selection of fashion, accessories and decor from the estate of the self-described “geriatric starlet” will be offered at “Unapologetically Iris: The Personal Collection of Iris Apfel.”

The online auction opens for bidding Jan. 28 and closes Feb. 13.

More than 200 pieces belonging to the iconic style-setter ― who wore oversized oval glasses, blue eyeshadow, feather boas, and chunky bangles up and down both arms ― are in the collection, which showcases the brilliant and bold personal style of a Palm Beach-New York icon.

Fashion highlights include a feather coat by Dior haute couture, estimated to bring $800 to $1,200; a pink, red and yellow color-block shirtwaist gown by Carolina Herrera, ($800 to $1,200); and a case of 18 multicolored and patterned Iris Apfel X Zenni eyeglass frames ( $400 to $600).

The sale also will offer decorative art pieces and items from Apfel’s homes in Palm Beach and New York, including a carved “Gussy” ostrich-form bar from Italy, circa 1975, estimated to fetch $6,000 to $8,000.

Together with her husband, Carl, Iris Apfel co-founded Old World Weavers, an internationally renowned textile company. The couple later sold the company to Stark Carpets.

Carl Apfel died in 2015 at 100. Iris Apfel died in March 2024 at 102.

Select highlights from the collection will be on view Jan. 29-31 at The Colony Hotel.

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