Inspirational women over the age of 80
Inspirational women over the age of 80
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Wally Funk (82) is the oldest person to enter space (with Jeff Bezos). She has been trying to go to space since the 1960s, when she participated in the Women in Space programme.
Above: Wally Funk
Legendary designer Gere Kavanaugh (90), has designed everything from store interiors to town clocks, textiles to furniture, and even a research room for the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, imbued with her trademark penchant for colour, pattern and material exploration.
Above: Gere Kavanaugh
Iris Apfel, who at 99 years old is a business woman, interior designer and supermodel. She is one of fashion's most instantly recognisable tastemakers, a true fashion icon. She was interior designer at the White House for 9 presidencies, the subject of a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll and subject of an exhibit at The Costume Institute in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Above: Iris Apfel
To these inspirational women, we salute you!
Image credits: Citi Gist, Metropolis Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Tezzy Files
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