This book is based on the exhibition "Rara Avis : selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel collection" held at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 13, 2005 - January 22, 2006, and published after the closing of the exhibition ; the exhibition "Rare bird of fashion: the irreverent Iris Apfel" held at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, February 25-May 27, 2007.
Rare bird of fashion : the irreverent Iris Apfel by Eric Boman. ISBN 9780500513446. Published by Thames & Hudson in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.