Jimmy Choo named a shoe after her and eyebobs collaborated with her to launch the “Iris” in January 2012. This nanogenarian businesswoman, interior designer and fashion icon also worked for nine presidents at The White House: Truman, Eisenhowever, Nixon, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Reagan and Clinton.
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I LOVE Iris! So amazing to see a woman that many years young still experimenting and pushing the boundaries of fashion and looking incredible. She’s a fashion icon. <3
My absolute idol…love, love, love this woman. A true inspiration for anyone.
She has definitely made her mark in the world of the elite… “Getting older ain’t for sissies…” she says in her page on intothegloss.com. What a remarkable woman!