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| 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, and Young, Willing and Eager. <ref>https://www.famousfashiondesigners.org/karen-walker</ref> |
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'''Karen Elizabeth Walker''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} is a noted New Zealand [[fashion]] designer. |
'''Karen Elizabeth Walker''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} is a noted New Zealand [[fashion]] designer. |
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Born | New Zealand | 3 December 1969
Education | Epson Girls Grammar School |
Label(s) | 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, and Young, Willing and Eager. [1] |
Karen Elizabeth Walker CNZM is a noted New Zealand fashion designer.
Career
Walker began her fashion label in 1987, and opened her first store in Newmarket, Auckland, in 1995.[2] 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.[3]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Karen_Walker_flagship_Britomart_2013.jpg/220px-Karen_Walker_flagship_Britomart_2013.jpg)
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.[4][5] She designed clothes worn by Kate Winslet in the Michel Gondry film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.[5]
In the 2004 New Year Honours, Walker was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the fashion industry.[6] She was promoted to Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to fashion design, in the 2014 New Year Honours.[7] In 2009 Walker received a World Class New Zealand Award [8] in the Creative category.
References
- ^ https://www.famousfashiondesigners.org/karen-walker
- ^ Ryan, Holly (10 August 2015). "Karen Walker: 'Listen to that little guy in your head'". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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(help) - ^ "Karen Walker hits the US, put homewares into Myer". Fashion Source. Melbourne. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "As Worn By". Karen Walker.
- ^ a b "Kelly Osbourne Wows MTV Wearing Karen Walker". Scoop. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ World Class New Zealand 2009 Winners Archived 2014-03-25 at the Wayback Machine