Walker Ahead

Karen Walker’s most recent London show has been labelled one of the top five trend setting collections for 2006 by the world’s leading fashion forecast agency, WGSN. Walker’s fellow style leaders include current buzz brands Miu Miu, Lanvin and Chloe, and veteran designer Donna Karan. “Walker’s collection … has creative commercial appeal without being pantomime, and illustrates that what London is about today is cool street wear-inspired fashion labels that can more that hold their own with the likes of Undercover and marc by Marc Jacobs,” enthuses WGSN’s website. Walker’s latest collection also received a 5-page spread in fashion show bible Italian Collezioni and made the cover of the industry’s most respected newspaper, Women’s Wear Daily.