Karen Walker is super-busy. On the same day KW posted this Instagram of Top Shop opening in Auckland at 203 Queen St, (owned here by Top Retail group with her, and Barkers, and businessman Sir Philip Carter) she announced the latest KW ethical fashion initiative collection. Since 2012 the brand has worked with United Nations’ EFI with its motto NOT CHARITY, JUST WORK, to bring income to workers living in urban slums and disadvantaged areas in parts of Africa and Haiti. These items pictured above are created by artisans in Kenya. The motif is the ‘hiding cat’, a black cat illustration with eyes peering out from potted mother-in-law-tongue plants and it is available in totes and purses. The Cat Zip Purse is green and yellow for $45, the Cat Clutch is green on blue for $55, and the Cat Tote is green on pink and yellow bands for $95.
Below: Karen Walker outside Topshop Queen Street, image from her Instagram.
Shop online at www.karenwalker.com and instore at these New Zealand stores:
128A Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland +64 9 361 6723
The Pavilions, 18 Te Ara Tahuhu Walking Street, Britomart, Auckland +64 9 309 6299
6 Balm Street, Newmarket, Auckland +64 9 522 4286
10 Northcroft Street, Takapuna, Auckland +64 9 489 6687
126 Wakefield Street, Wellington +64 4 499 3558
Megan Robinson
11th March 2015
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