Fashion Queen Alice Wears Her Collection.

In the fashion world, it is always the king of youth.

But nowadays, more and more fashion leaders are more than young people.

Carmen Dale Oliviers, 82, is not only a fashion show in Paris fashion week, but also a blockbuster for Italy fashion magazine; Daphne Cerf, 86, appeared in Gao Tiye.

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Alice Apfel may be more legendary than these everlasting supermodels.

The 94 year old fashion big coffee attracts many followers with its personalized mashup dress. She is already 84 years old when she is concerned about fashion circles. Now, compared with 10 years ago, she seems not to be getting old. At this age, she has long been enjoying her fame and fortune, enjoying herself.

When Alice was 8 years old, his mother asked a painter to paint her portrait.

For this portrait, Alice made a coarse skirt herself, and the painter appreciated it.

Since then, self design has become Alice's way of dressing.

Why does a little girl have a unique understanding and understanding of clothes? It is because she has been born with fashion.

Alice was born in Queens, New York in 1921.

Her grandfather was a famous tailor in Russia. His mother inherited his fashion taste and opened a fashion boutique in New York.

The best thing that a mother can do is to use a scarf to draw out all kinds of stunning beautiful shapes.

Alice's father runs a glass mirror shop that serves many high-end hotels.

After growing up, Alice first studied art history at New York University and pferred to University of Wisconsin art school.

In the meantime, she was awarded the "fashion magazine" writing award and was given a job in the women's wear daily.

"In fact, it's a manuscript," Alice recalls. "This job has made me slender because I have to run stairs all day."

Since then, she has worked as an assistant for some artists and taught books.

Alice likes to travel with Taobao. She will be happy to buy Pierre Cardan's original jeans in Tunisia, find Chanel jewelers imitation antique jewelry, and go to the high fashion house to buy sample clothes.

But she did not believe in famous brands. She even said she would not buy jeans with a price tag of more than 15 dollars.

She especially liked exotic things and bought a skirt worn by Miao girls in China.

Style mix and match, color collision, bold and casual, that is.

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The trip brought her a pleasant surprise. In 1948, she met Carle Apfel on the way, and the two soon married.

Two years later, the couple started a company called "old world textile worker", specializing in the design and production of various antique fabrics.

Sales of the products were very good, and soon became the home accessories that were favored by the middle and high income families. Even the president of the United States became their customers.

As of 1992, the two retired, they served Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Reagan, Ford and the 9 presidents.

Alice also clearly remembered that President Nixon did not like heating. Every time she was invited to dinner, she wore a very warm waistcoat. "No one knows I bought it at the flea market."

The writer Eileen Chang once said that "fame should be done as early as possible" is not always true.

Alice was so proud and beautiful for another lifetime. At the age of 84, fame came to the door.

In 2005, Alice ushered in a guest, the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art clothing hall in New York, Harold Kodak.

Kodak heard that she had some great accessories and wanted to borrow the exhibition, Alice agreed.

When he was leaving, Kodak suggested that he should borrow some more clothes to match it.

When Alice led him into a huge cloakroom, Kodak was shocked. "It feels like opening the Pandora box of a fashion queen."

There are masterpieces of classic works and small street objects, such as a necklace made of toy calculators, figurines and gum boxes.

In September of that year, Alice personal dress exhibition was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art clothing hall. The title was "the rare bird in the fashion world," Phil, an incomparable Alice app.

In the exhibition, every dummy model wore Alice's big round glasses.

A commentator said, "her glasses seem to be a metaphor, through which we find another way to look at our world."

Robert, Smith, an art critic of the New York Times, put it in a phrase: "Mrs. Apfel has already dressed like this before the birth of the term" multiculturalism ". Compared with these scholarly comments, Alice's friend and British designer Duro Oku Luotake seemed to be more friendly," for her, fashion is like a box of Lego toys. "

It is not only a trend, but also a joy in everyone's heart.

The exhibition was a great success, followed by a tour around the United States. Many viewers mistakenly believe that the owners of these clothes have passed away.

Becoming a star, public appearances and autograph books attract thousands of followers. She boarded the "fashion" New York Times, endorsed the products such as "coke" and so on; Ralph, Lauren and other famous designers launched the works inspired by her; cosmetics "M.A.C" launched the "rare birds" lipstick; Zhou Yangjie launched a brand named Alice; in 2012, she became a visiting professor at Texas at the age of 91; in 2013, he was rated as one of the 50 best dressed people aged 50 and above in October 2014. A October 2014 themed documentary was premiered at the New York Film Festival and will be shown this year. Alice responded with a playful response: "I live well! I'm still walking around to save myself the funeral expenses."

For the late fame, Alice jokingly called herself "old new star".