I only feel the pressure when we are coming up against a deadline and it's like, actually no we really have to nail this in a week!

Karen Walker

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The ideas can come from anywhere; the energy just comes from lovi... by Karen Walker

The ideas can come from anywhere; the energy just comes from loving what I do.

energy ideas

We grew up with social media. There was no iPhone when we started! I love technology; I love what it does to my life. What I really love about social media and the Internet is that it has shifted the power it has democratised everything.

iphone media technology

I have my name down for the Apple Watch and yoga. I know it's a cliché but I need that antidote, it helps with everything.

apples yoga names

If you want people to like you you have to buy them things. by Karen Walker

If you want people to like you you have to buy them things.

like-you want people

Even when I'm writing in character I'm normally still writing about things I know or things that have happened to me or using that character to start an exploration of my own consciousness. Really though, any character that you can examine is just an examination of a part of your own consciousness.

examination writing character

I'm a gastronome first and foremost. I have several bookshelves in my home full of cookbooks, foodie magazines and food writer books and I am always on the hunt for a great recipe or local foodie haunt to try.

home trying book

I loved the idea that people dressed up to go to the gardens. Our work always has a utility point of view at its heartbeat and then other things come around it, so it really allowed us to use denims and suedes and gauzes, and those sorts of hard-working fabrics - workwear fabrics - and then contrast them with crepe de chine, beautiful florals and big jewelry.

garden hard-work beautiful

Floating in a lake, lying in a hammock, playing a bit of Scrabble... by Karen Walker

Floating in a lake, lying in a hammock, playing a bit of Scrabble...that's what I'm in need of.

lakes lying needs

We spotted Beyoncé, January Jones, Rihanna and Carey Mulligan wearing the label [Karen Walker]. I was ecstatic, but I'm just as thrilled to see interesting girls wearing our product everywhere. It's quite a buzz.

labels girl interesting

Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving... by Karen Walker

Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving the house.

leaving mirrors house

Virtually the second I get home, I change into my "home" clothes... by Karen Walker

Virtually the second I get home, I change into my "home" clothes - yoga pants and a T-shirt.

clothes yoga home

The overall concept comes first and then that informs the product, the shoot and how we communicate it. Everything comes back to the concept. It all gets thought about at the same time.

communicate products firsts

What I like about eyewear is that it can work with a lot of different looks. You can wear it with a Balenciaga dress, or something that is straight and very quirky.

quirky different dresses

I don't know if I'm all that famous. When I first started my idea of what a career in fashion would look like is very different to the reality now.

fashion careers reality

There are a lot of things about my career now that are as I imagi... by Karen Walker

There are a lot of things about my career now that are as I imagined, hoped for and worked towards.

careers