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H&M teams up with Iris Apfel on an explosive collection This week, a much anticipated collaboration between H&M and fashion icon Iris Apfel went live. Celebrating the 100-year-old tastemaker known widely for her creative self-expression and ageless style, the lineup of bold and eclectic statement pieces will undoubtedly spark a desire to dress outside the […]

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Who would’ve thought that the buzziest event at New York Fashion Week would be a 100-year-old’s birthday party!? Everyone’s favourite maximalist style icon Iris Apfel is celebrating her 100th year in the most Iris Apfel way possible — a birthday extravaganza hosted by Harper’s Bazaar and H&M. To commemorate the occasion, the Swedish retailer is […]

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Whether you’re ready to take a (metaphorical) trip with Bruno Mars and Lacoste or Moncler and Jonathan Anderson, this week’s fashion news presents the design-related escapism we need right now. Bruno Mars (a.k.a. Ricky Regal) dropped a collection with Lacoste Assuming the vibe (and moniker) of his designer alter ego, Ricky Regal, pop icon Bruno […]

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From Grace Coddington to Iris Apfel to Christian Dior, these fashion memoirs written by the biggest names in the industry are a must-read.

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In honour of International Women’s Day, we dug up a collection of honest, bold and inspirational quotes by some of our favourite women in the past pages of FASHION. We bow down to their confidence, uniqueness and determination. “Getting older opens you up to the unexpected. It makes you more spontaneous because you aren’t so affected […]

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Tyra Banks is Opening a Modelland Theme Park Tyra Banks, who introduced a generation of people to the term ‘smize,’ is all set to launch a new project. The America’s Next Top Model creator and supermodel announced this week that she’s working on a theme park called Modelland that will open at Santa Monica Place […]

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FASHION’s March issue is all about women who are in their element, from Big Little Lies’ Zoë Kravitz–who talks about embracing her natural beauty and surrounding herself with strong women in our cover story–to older women who continue to strive later in life. Below, Courtney Shea explores the current golden age of women’s golden years. […]

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The world needs more Canada. That was the resounding message from the stage at last night’s 2017 Canadian Art and Fashion Awards. All the more reason to celebrate our home grown talent and give them a platform to stand on the world stage. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau echoed that statement via video message, wearing Hilary MacMillan, […]

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Looking for the perfect prezzie for the jewellery lover on your holiday list? Style icon Iris Apfel is selling pieces from her private jewellery collection, exclusively on One Kings Lane starting today. Known for her ah-mazing OTT accessories, the ninety-five-year-old style muse/interior and fashion designer/business woman gives a few words of sartorial wisdom in her […]

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If there were anyone who’d be worth listening to when it comes to style pointers, it’d be Iris Apfel. The “geriatric star,” as she refers to herself, has 90 years of experience in the field. With a M.A.C cosmetics line and a Costume Institute exhibit of her wildly eccentric wardrobe under her belt, it’s safe to say she’s an expert. True to form, Apfel had sharp one-liners and nuggets of wisdom to spare during a talk with Tavi Gevinson at the Met last night.

When asked about throwing looks together in the morning, Apfel advised taking chances:

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Oldsters at the New Museum converged in technicolour flocks while young things, no longer bright by comparison, looked greenly on. For once on a champagne-soaked night in New York City, the “it” girls weren’t girls at all. They were women with lives as rich as their Chanel bags, faces to live up to their fascinators. They were maybe even, unironically, “ladies.”

It was the launch party for Ari Seth Cohen’s new coffee table book, Advanced Style, published by Powerhouse and based on the popular blog of the same name—and accompanied by a several-minute video that premiered on Nowness.com in March. Guests were happy to watch it again: with advice like “young women, you’re going to be an old woman someday, so don’t worry about it!” and “someone doesn’t like what I’m wearing? I don’t give a shit!” it’s probably the feel-best fashion film any of us has seen. Iris Apfel‘s in it, and so is Tavi, for whom rad granny style is a major inspiration.

“These women are some of my best friends,” said Cohen, who wore a Floridian pink suit he’d bought for $80 in Chinatown. “They’ve definitely influenced my own style—they’re so liberated!” Ilona Royce Smithkin, an ebullient half-pint of a woman with Tang-dyed hair and mink eyelashes to match, tugged impatiently on his sleeve. He had another book to sign. “We don’t have all night,” sighed an elegant woman in mounds of paste jewellery and piles of clashing silk. “We might not even have another five minutes!” replied her friend, and they cackled together. They did not seem to care when the party ended, so long as they were the stars of it.

Gone are the days of teenage style icons (okay, maybe not the eternally best-dressed Fanning sisters), when Britney Spears’ plaid miniskirts were the norm. A British study by retailer CC has found that a woman reaches her sartorial prime at age 35. Three out of four women felt their style improved after their 20s with one in three women saying they looked the best they ever had in their 30s.

What gives? Apparently it all comes down to self-confidence, wisdom and maturity. Empowered mid-30-year-olds know how to reference the latest trends with enough confidence to carry them off.

So naturally, we made a list of our personal style icons (think: Chloë Sevigny, Kate Lanphear, Vanessa Paradis, the list goes on) and found that—shocker—they’re all around 35.

And it doesn’t stop at 35. Arguably the best part of this whole study was that iconoplast Helen Mirren beat out Kate Middleton (another 30-year-old) as the celebrity woman most considered to be in her prime. She’s 66! We can’t say we’re surprised though—have you seen her in a bikini? She’s a total knockout.

It’s high time we recognize the style contributions of the mature set. The success of blogs like Advanced Style has shown that style doesn’t fade with age. We aspire to dress like those women. Just look at two of M.A.C’s most recent collections: Carine Roitfeld and Iris Apfel. Both mature ladies and both with closets we’d gladly dive into.