Ageing With Attitude: Iris Apfel is set to be the face of wearable technology for the older generation

She’s just six years short of her 100th birthday but that is not about to stop Iris Apfel the creative dynamo from being the face of wearable technology for the older generation, writes Margaret Jennings

THE 94-year-old fashion icon Iris Apfel, whose colourful life is outlined in a documentary currently on Netflix, is hitting the headlines again. This time she’s the face of a new wearable technology range, proving it’s never too late to adapt to modern gizmos.

Iris is originally famous for helping restore White House interiors for nine presidents, going back to Harry S Truman in the mid 1940s. A long-time fashion collector, she has ensured her personal fashionista brand has stayed centre stage over the decades, draping herself in bright bangles and baubels and signature large glasses that say ‘Look at me — I’m still relevant’.