Centenarian fashion icon Apfel (4)

I believe the answer is:

iris

(Other definitions for iris that I've seen before include "plant with showy flowers" , "Eye diaphragm" , "bloomer?" , "Goddess of the rainbow in the eye" , "Eye part or pretty flower" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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