Karen Walker (designer) - Karen Walker New York

Karen Elizabeth Walker is a noted New Zealand fashion designer.

Career

Karen Walker - Interview with designer Karen Walker.

Walker began her fashion label in 1987, and opened her first store in Newmarket, Auckland, in 1995. She began selling to Barneys New York in 1998, the same year she showed her first runway collection. In late 2011, she signed a partnership with United States-based retail chain Anthropologie.

She has designed clothes worn by Björk, Sienna Miller, Natalie Portman, M.I.A., Alexa Chung, Beth Ditto, Michael Haneke, Liv Tyler, Rihanna, Claire Danes, Zooey Deschanel and Jennifer Lopez. She designed clothes worn by Kate Winslet in the Michel Gondry film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

In the 2004 New Year Honours, Walker was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the fashion industry. She was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to fashion design, in the 2014 New Year Honours. In 2009 Walker received a World Class New Zealand Award in the Creative category.

References

Karen Walker Ready To Wear Spring Summer 2016 New York .... Source : cz.pinterest.com

External links

Q and A with Karen Walker ahead of her show at Mercedes Benz .... Source : stylebyyellowbutton.com

• Official Website
• NZ Fashion Profile
• Karen Walker interview regarding her style

Designer uncovered: Karen Walker's world vision - Fashion Quarterly. Source : www.fq.co.nz