Karen Walker's Victory Garden took New York by storm last September, making front page news and earning stellar reviews. Here are some snippets:
"After eight seasons in London, well-traveled New Zealander Karen Walker is ready for new frontiers. The UK capital's loss was New York's gain as she showed a spring collection that was long on the skewed charm that's her signature ... (the) real focus, as always, was on the hybrid of female and male. It's that fashion cliché about the woman who slips into her boyfriend's clothes in the morning, except in Walker's capable hands, it feels fresh and slightly subversive ... it's easy to see why Walker has galvanized a stellar clientele of young Hollywoodites." Time Blanks, style.com
“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 |