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(Continued) state of the fashion industry today? Well for starters, she hates the ripped jean look. “It’s insanity! She sneers, shaking her head. “They go out and pay a lot of money to the designer to tear up pants!” She is however a fan of fancy shoes, especially over the knee heeled boots. And of course, she stills loves overdoing it with accessories. But when it comes to the way women perceive fashion and the pressures they subject themselves to, she is not a fan at all. “The American media have frightened women to death.” She says. “They all think that they have

to look a certain way, behave a certain way… It’s so crazy and absurd. Someone in their forty’s or fifties, or even sixties, looks at a cosmetics ad in a magazine… and the model is probably 16 years old with perfect skin, and the photo has been retouched… and how can these women possible even dream that they can look like that. It’s ridiculous!” Apfel scowls. “And why would these women even want to? I mean, for everything there is a season and I think you can just age gracefully and do your own thing. And I don’t see anything wrong with a wrinkle!”