Paris 1962: Yves Saint Laurent and Dior, Christian Dior, The Early Collections Book

"Most people say take one off; I say add one on." -Iris Barrel Apfel

Imaginative, fun collaboration between designer/magpie/clotheshorse Apfel and fashion photographer/author Boman. Despite owning so many one-of-a-kind pieces, Apfel is unpretentious -- she calls herself "the world's oldest living teenager" and says she likes to wear jeans when she's working. But her jeans get exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

As a textile designer, Apfel traveled the world for decades, snapping up evening clothes from couturiers and semiprecious stones from souks and plastic baubles from flea markets and mixing them to great effect. Never before have I longed to wear an antique horse decoration with crocodile trousers and wolfskin accessories. And the plaid raincoat with fur-cuffed sleeves -- worn as a dress! I swooned.

An interview with Apfel is here:

And plugging her name into Google Images is so much fun.