Avant-garde eyewear designer Anna-Karin Karlsson is delighted to announce the launch of her collection in the V&A Shop at the Victoria and Albert Museum this summer.
Acknowledged as the world’s greatest museum of art and design, the introduction of Anna-Karin Karlsson’s dark and romantic design aesthetic to the V&A Shop comes during the V&A’s landmark exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, and demonstrates the Museum’s commitment to showcasing the work of creative pioneers.
From July 1st until September 27th, the V&A Shop will present the DECADENCE 2015 collection by Anna-Karin Karlsson in its High Arcade display cases.
The collection tells you stories of wanton luxury and opulence. Karlsson’s work is characterised by excess and indulgence in pleasure that is here taken even further in the interplay between the morbid and over-refined. Artifice and sophistication are cherished over nature and simplicity - more is definitely always more in the house of Karlsson.
The designer will also be creating two dedicated limited edition styles available exclusively from the V&A Shop. The first model is named “The Queen” - a celebration of both Queen Victoria and Alexander McQueen as well as referencing Karlsson’s own reputation as the queen of sunglasses. The second limited edition model is an ode to Karlsson’s Swedish ancestors who belonged to a tradition of hair jewelry artisans commissioned to create mourning pieces for Queen Victoria.
Anna-Karin Karlsson says: ”I am thrilled to be represented at the V&A Shop in the Victoria and Albert Museum and to be a part of this fantastically ambitious fashion project. To show my work during Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty and London Fashion Week is a great honour and a major landmark in my career.”
Artists and celebrities including Madonna, Lady Ga-Ga, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Grace Jones and Usher are all ardent fans of Karlsson’s styling, as well as her many true individualist fans around the world. Her creations regularly feature in international style, fashion and design titles, and she is cementing her reputation as the most creative, fashion eyewear designer in the market.
Karlsson entered directly into the top tier of eyewear fashion aged just 19, working at one of the oldest and renowned optician practices in London. From the Old Bond Street practice she dispensed and designed eyewear for sultans, princesses, kings, lords, dukes and fashionistas alike and was soon creating her own designs for fashion forward clientele. Meanwhile, Karlsson grew ever more fascinated with the dark and grime of the UK’s underground music scene - she wrote music in the evenings and was signed to independent music labels. It was from this swirl of music, art, and acting that Karlsson’s unique vision and style was born.
In 2013, Karlsson’s won the prestigious, premier award in Swedish fashion, Guldknappen where she was recognized for her acclaimed collection, ”Perfecting the Art of Dying Alone”. Today, her designs can be found in the most exclusive contemporary fashion and optical outlets around the world.
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