Jay Harrison in person

Yesterday I had the great pleasure to meet KAREN photographer Jay Harrison in person. 

And what a lovely bloke he is! 

I often work remotely with our contributors as they dash about the planet. Email, Skype, SMS, Facebook and Twitter are all part of the daily touching base with our large band of creatives. 

So to meet up in person after over a year of electronic conversation is quite a buzz - never mind I was baking and the house was occupied with small people, he was just charming. 

- In the usual zero degrees of separation that happens now, Jay's nephew had been at the same kindergarden as my son and we are friends with his sister and live on the same island of 8K residents :-o 

How small is this world?

Jay shot the stunning closing fashion spread "Malibu" in the new KAREN issue as pictured above, starring Viviens beauty Shanay Hall, styled by Edwina Robinson, MU by Katrina Raftery, Hair by Barney Martin. 

a sneak peek at the new issue of KAREN

 couture couture by GL WOOD 

Tin City By Sonny

Spell Bound By Michele Aboud

Raven By Richard Freeman

                                                Animalia by Sarra Fluer Abou-el-haj

The New issue is now out in NZ and sailing around the globe to reach you in the next couple of weeks. Here is a little teaser if you have yet to pick one up. We love it. 

Nothing fainthearted in this "you are beautiful" Issue. 

I hope you enjoy a little peak and you enjoy the whole magazine when it gets to you. 

We are planning the next one already with an amazing swim story shot at Swim Fashion Week already. 

love to hear your thoughts 

xxx marian 

new KAREN cover!

Here is the new cover :-)  

yes she is wearing blue lipstick Patty Huntington was rather interested in that. 

The cover features Olivia O' Driscoll from Nova, Chadwick and IMG, shot by our treasure and talented Charles Howells. The genius behind the lipstick is Sarah Laidlow - her second consecutive cover for us.

I hope you like it - I thought we needed some cheering up. 

larger than life

Our current KAREN cover on display in the foyer of Luxe Studios in Liverpool st East Sydney - HOT. 

Even Eva Mendes looks like she is checking it out. .....