Revealing A Myth: the real Regina Brett
By now you’ve read the post – 45 LIFE LESSONS – it’s a wonderful column filled with rich life lessons. This column was written by Regina Brett, and she is always correctly credited as the author of the column EXCEPT FOR ONE FACT… she is not 90 years old. This column has been posted, re-posted, emailed, and sent around the Internet accompanied by a photo of an older, chic lady wearing glasses ... THE LADY IN THE GLASSES Iris Apfel - Fashion Icon The woman wearing the glasses seemed very familiar to me and so I did a little research and found out she is actually Iris Apfel, an American Business woman and fashion icon (naturally look at those glasses – how fab are they???) In 1950 she and her husband Carl Apfel launched "Old World Weavers" - a textile company, the company closed in 1992. Iris Apfel worked on numerous design restoration projects, including work on the White House for nine different Presidents. Apfel i...