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By Scarlett O’Toole Fashion legend and interior designer Iris Apfel has died aged 102. A spokesman of her estate confirmed the news of her passing. Iris was known as the self-proclaimed “geriatric starlet”, and first became a style icon in the 1980s. She was a style trailblazer and was known for pushing the boundaries of fashion with her eclectic style, which consisted of bright colours and bold prints. Some of her signature fashion items included oversized glasses and feather boas. She was a staple of the New York Times’ style pages. She then broke into the modelling world, appearing in campa…