High fashion on the high seas with Iris Apfel, 95, as celebrity host on Queen Mary 2 cruise
Irreverent host who’ll answer passengers’ questions as liner heads to New York for Fashion Week says she doesn’t like trends and has no style tips other than to do your own thing
The Queen Mary 2 cruise liner is offering a fashion-themed transatlantic crossing with a celebrity guest who’s practically fashion royalty herself: 95-year-old Iris Apfel.
The inimitable Apfel is known for her irreverent style mixing haute couture with oversized costume jewellery and her trademark large round glasses. She’s been the subject of museum exhibits and a documentary film, Iris, that will be screened during the trip.
The transatlantic trip departs Southampton, England, on August 31 and arrives in New York on September 7 in time for New York Fashion Week.
Apfel will host a question-and-answer session on board, but don’t expect any style tips. “Everybody should find her own way,” she said from her winter home in Palm Beach, Florida. “I’m a great one for individuality. I don’t like trends. If you get to learn who you are and what you look like and what you can handle, you’ll know what to do.”
