Karen Walker Quotes & Sayings

I always think that fashion isn't just about clothes; it can be applied to anything. — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

Honey, I'd suck the alcohol out of a deodorant stick! — Karen Walker

We are so excited for what's next. I think that's what I love most about it, the energy and the excitement that comes from that. — Karen Walker

Body-con dresses have never been something I've been into. — Karen Walker

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

OK, Rule number 1: Unless you're served in a frosted glass, never come within 4 feet of my lips. — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

The main thing [of social media] is it allows us to speak directly with our fans and customers, getting that immediate feedback, that conversation; that's what I love. It means that no matter what we are saying, if it's big or small we have a way of saying it. People connect with that. — Karen Walker

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

I've got drinks piling up on my desk and a stack of pills I haven't even opened yet! — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

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

I prioritise my time so what needs to be done, gets done. — Karen Walker

Grace! It's Christmas for goodness sake! Think about the baby Jesus. Up in that tower letting his hair down, so that the three wise men could climb up and spin the dreidel and see if there's six more weeks of winter! — Karen Walker

I always like the current one [collection] the most, that's just my nature! — Karen Walker

Always half an hour a day where it's just me and my yoga mat. — Karen Walker

The first item I designed for a real person was when I was about 10 and I made my first item of clothing for myself. — Karen Walker

The first design I created was a circular skirt for my Barbie when I was 7. — Karen Walker

In this [fashion] business you're living in the future a lot of the time. — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

God didn't give me the ability to play the piano, or paint a picture or have compassion. But ... he did give me the ability to crack a walnut with my hoo-ha. — Karen Walker

I'm gonna be so mad when my mood elevators wear off. — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

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

I always think of it you know building a business, building a brand, a friend of mine gave me a metaphor for it which I think is really true it's like building coral, you don't see it happening it's just little little little and when you step back you think wow. — Karen Walker

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

You know, an iPhone is fashion everything is fashion. — Karen Walker

I'm just in the business of creating; creating new work inspires you to create new work. It's kind of funny. — Karen Walker

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

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

Fashion is about having a point of view, a taste and a personality. For us we always felt we could apply our DNA really to anything but you have to do it if it's true to you, feels authentic. It has to be real. — Karen Walker

You never really know if it's going to happen or not do you but the vision was always for [Karen Walker] to be a global niche luxury product. — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

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. — Karen Walker

It's time to get your head out of the dumps and your legs in the air! — Karen Walker