Karen Walker (designer) explained

Karen Walker
Birth Place:New Zealand
Education:Epsom Girls' Grammar School
Label Name:
  • Living with Cannibals and Other Adventures,
  • Dough and Dynamite,
  • Liberal and Miserable,
  • Karen in TV Land, Queenie Was a Dog,
  • Victory Garden,
  • Karen to the Rescue,
  • Young, Willing and Eager[1]

Karen Elizabeth Walker (born December 1969) is a noted New Zealand fashion designer.

Private life

Walker was born in December 1969.[2] She grew up in the Auckland suburb of Remuera and attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School.[3] Aged 21, she married Mikhail Gherman.[4]

Career

Walker began her fashion label in 1987, and opened her first store in Newmarket, Auckland, in 1995.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] [8] 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.[9] She was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to fashion design, in the 2014 New Year Honours.[10] In 2009 Walker received a World Class New Zealand Award [11] in the Creative category.

Walker is also an expert on colour for interiors and has partnered with Resene to produce her own line of paint colours.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karen Walker | Fashion Designer Biography. FAMOUS FASHION DESIGNERS.
  2. News: Catherall . Sarah . Karen Walker: 'When marriage works it really works' . 15 September 2019 . . 14 September 2019.
  3. News: Hewitson . Michele . Genius at work - Karen Walker . 15 September 2019 . . 14 June 2007.
  4. News: Trailblazers: Karen Walker . 15 September 2019 . . 17 September 2018.
  5. News: Karen Walker: 'Listen to that little guy in your head'. Ryan. Holly. 10 August 2015. New Zealand Herald. 24 March 2018.
  6. News: Karen Walker hits the US, put homewares into Myer. 19 January 2012. Fashion Source. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129193214/http://fashionsource.com.au/news/karen-walker-hits-the-us-put-homewares-into-myer-undefined-20774.html. 29 November 2014. dead. Melbourne.
  7. Web site: As Worn By. Karen Walker.
  8. News: Kelly Osbourne Wows MTV Wearing Karen Walker. 7 September 2012. Scoop. 5 June 2003.
  9. Web site: New Year honours list 2004. 31 December 2003. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 12 January 2018.
  10. Web site: New Year honours list 2014. 31 December 2013 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 12 January 2018.
  11. Web site: World Class New Zealand 2009 Winners. https://web.archive.org/web/20140325222648/http://www.keanewzealand.com/global/2009-winners. dead. 25 March 2014.
  12. Web site: 2020-03-14. Designer Karen Walker shows how colour transforms a room. 2021-04-12. Stuff. en.

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