Kiwi designer Karen Walker is going beyond her own flamboyant sunglasses to launch her first eyewear collection, Spelling bee.
Walker describes her trademark look as getting ‘just the right amount of wrong’ and designing a delicate and superfine eyewear collection made the tricky act of getting things perfectly “off-kilter” even more exacting, she said.
All 50 frames, stainless steel metal and acetate alike, are lightweight and detailed. The acetate is derived from natural cotton and wood fibres and is flexible, hypoallergenic and fully adjustable, said the company. The iconic Karen Walker arrow insignia appears in a multitude of never-seen-before renditions on hinges, as a temple tip on metal arms and even in tiny detailing as a monogram on custom nose pad hardware.
Key styles in the optical range will be available as blue light blockers.
