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Karen Walker featured in international
art exhibition...
Leading New Zealand fashion designer
Karen Walker will feature in an exclusive international
art and fashion exhibition showcasing 20 of the world’s
top designers, starting Monday 27 April.
The Fashion: The Greatest Show on Earth
exhibition at Seattle’s Bellevue Art Museum also includes
pieces by industry heavyweights Alexander McQueen of Givenchy,
John Galliano of Christian Dior and Issey Miyake.
The exhibition looks at how designers
have created a new form of performance art in runway shows.
Walker’s involvement stems from a groundbreaking
runway show she put on at the Australian Fashion Week
2000. Showing a collection titled ‘Etiquette’, which focused
on rule-breaking and freedom of choice, Walker presented
spectators with the chance to select their own music –
or silence – by using personal CD players.
Karen Walker says she is delighted to
be involved in the Seattle exhibition. “The most important
thing for us is originality - strong ideas and concepts,”
she says. “The presentation of a collection is an integral
part of communicating the collection’s concept. Shows
for us aren’t about just sending models down a runway,
nor are they about silly gimmicks, they’re about originality
and communicating the collection’s idea.”
Now internationally recognised as a designer,
Walker’s clothes can be found in around 100 fashion stores
around the world and are worn by celebrities such as Madonna,
Shirley Manson and Cate Blanchett.
The exhibition will run until August
31, before travelling to other international venues.
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