Maverick fashion doyenne and style icon extraordinaire IRIS APFEL has got a new job at the mere age of 97 years old.  Apfel. whose remarkable life was captured by Albert Maysles in his 2015 documentary IRIS has just signed up with the IMG Modelling Agency whose clients include include Gigi Hadid, Gisele Bundchen,  and Karlie Kloss.

The indefatigable Apfel told WWD  “I’m very excited. I never had a proper agent,”  “I’m a do-it-yourself girl. I never expected my life would take this turn so I never prepared for it. “

Her reputation for her ceaseless energy and her genuine zest for life is well deserved as QUEERGURU discovered when the Lady herself granted us an interview when the documentary was released.  You can read it HERE

She is also a source of some of the best quote we have ever come across and our favorite Apfel bon mot is :

“I am inspired by everything around me. It’s not like I stand out on the moors or any of that romantic crap they throw around. I’m just inspired by being alive and breathing and meeting people and talking to people and doing things and absorbing what’s happening. I think if more people did that, there would be better fashion. “

When we (eventually) grow up we want be just like her.