Karen Walker is a New Zealand born fashion designer with a reputation for her original, effortless and unpretentious style. Her labels are highly sought and carried by the finest stores throughout the world in cities including New York, London, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
Celebrities such as Bjork, Sienna Miller, Jennifer Lopez, Claire Danes, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Kate Hudson, Claudia Schiffer and Madonna all favour her work which consistently takes extremes and pushes them together - masculine & feminine, tailored & street, luxury & non luxury, dark & super cute. Her label has a feeling of effortlessness and has been described by the UK's Independent as "the kind of look that provides a means of appearing cool but not trying too hard... the fact that these clothes appear to be so totally not 'fashion' is what makes them so now".
“It won't take long for Karen Walker to be as popular over there as she is over here if she carries on like this. New Zealand's most famous designer took to the New York runway for the first time today with a collection that brilliantly combined her season's inspiration." Dolly Jones, vogue.co.uk
"Ms Walker’s clothes fit into that chaotic, boy-girl inforamality we’ve seen for a while, but she has a natural sense of femininity that beats a lot of better known labels. She offered oversize jackets with slouchy pants, crisp cotton minitunics over shorts and puffed organza blouses, and some patchy-looking knits with vegetable faces. She keeps everything simple and fun, but she doesn’t shirk on creativity." Cathy Horyn, New York Times |