Iris

It's a Chinese shaman's... jacket 535 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,530 But I'll wear it as a cocktail outfit 536 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:01,960 with skinny pants. 537 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:04,248 She had her mother's apartment, 538 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,528 which was filled with clothing. 539 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,331 She had her apartment in Palm Beach, 540 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,409 which was filled with clothing. 541 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,643 And so even for the person who's put it together, 542 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,567 you know, what point do you select this over that? 543 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,051 We knew that this was going to be a show 544 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,686 that looked like nothing else we had ever done. 545 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,251 They were very much afraid 546 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,121 because they had never done a one-woman show ever. 547 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,044 It was like a written law. 548 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,248 If you're one-woman show and you were not in the trade, 549 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:36,640 you ought to be dead. 550 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,410 Harold: Because the previous exhibition 551 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,325 had fallen apart and there was no sponsorship, 552 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,164 we had to make it very close to the vest. 553 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,641 There was not a lot of publicity. 554 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,086 It would have to be word-of-mouth. 555 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,005 We didn't expect that it would be 556 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,288 quite the phenomenon that it was. 557 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,450 (music playing) 558 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,486 I don't know if there's been any other show 559 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,802 that has relied so much on word-of-mouth. 560 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,405 That's what surprised us, 561 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,767 people coming in and leaving and saying, 562 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,251 "You have to see this show." 563 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,129 The response was remarkable. 564 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,604 (music playing) 565 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,401 I went back numerous times. It was absolutely fascinating. 566 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,291 And then I'd overhear people... the comments people made. 567 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:25,487 On a rare occasion, 568 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,728 I would comment on their comments. 569 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,451 He'd tell me that people would say, you know, 570 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,087 "Well, who is she?" 571 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,650 And they'd say, "Oh, I don't know, she's dead." 572 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,962 So I told them, "The next time you hear that, 573 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,646 tap the lady on the shoulder and say, 574 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,564 'My auntie is very much alive. 575 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,530 She's just walking around to save funeral expenses."' 576 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,524 Woman: J' New York, New York, New York J' 577 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,723 J' Rock, shake to the beat J' 578 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,928 J' Rock, shake in the streets J' 579 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,602 J' New York, New York, New Yo-o-rk J' 580 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:57,649 Iris: These are mostly from Tibet. 581 00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,251 They weigh a ton. 582 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,529 I wear them only when I'm assured 583 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,728 that I can go home in about half an hour. 584 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,010 Well, that's supposed to be me atop this ostrich. 585 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,845 The jacket is made of barnyard feathers. 586 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,650 I think it was in American Vogue 587 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,768 that I saw the first thing about Iris. 588 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,968 I think that for her, also, the exhibition at the Met 589 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,248 was a very big change in her life. 590 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,047 And I'm an octogenarian starlet. I think that's fun. 591 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,446 (chuckles) 592 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,400 J' See happy people dancing to the funky New York beat J' 593 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,528 Iris: I began to be, in a small way, 594 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,125 a public person. 595 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,011 I mean, I was always known in the trade, 596 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:40,643 in my interior design, and called upon for quotes 597 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,208 and written about, but, I mean, not to the degree... 598 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,488 I mean, this was an avalanche. 599 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,880 J' Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, New York J' 600 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,849 I think part of the reason they r