Karen Walker: fashion designer | A Gallery from Sunday Morning | RNZ National

Photos to illustrate Karen Walker's "Life and Influences" interview with Sunday Morning. The top international fashion designer and style guru, whose partnership with husband and creative director Mikhael Gherman has stood the test of time, has been in fashion for three decades.

Karen Walker. Photo: Dan Cook/RNZ

Karen with mother Beverley

Karen with father Noel circa 1970.

Karen, aged around 2, with mother Beverley.

Karen aged around 3

Karen aged around 4

Karen with father Noel and brother Nick in Fiji, circa 1977

Karen and brother Nick in San Francisco in 1977.

Karen and Mikhail Gherman, her husband and business partner, in the late 1980s.

Karen in Paris for the first time, 1992.

Karen in New York 2015

Karen and daughter Valentina in Queenstown 2015.

Karen in Oxford UK 2016

Karen Walker. Photo: Dan Cook/RNZ

Karen Walker in LA 2016.

Karen with daughter Valentina, Fiji 2016

The red arrow logo signifies moving forward.

Karen Walker jewellery

The arrow logo shows up on everything from bags, to jewellery to sunglasses.

Karen Walker sunglasses are deliberately big.

Karen Walker and Wallace Chapman. Photo: Dan Cook/RNZ

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