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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Karen spent her early years between Honolulu, Chicago, and New York. She attended boarding school at the Ethel Walker School for girls, in Simsbury, Connecticut, where she was awarded the senior Art Honors Award. Karen went on to study graphic design at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Upon graduating, she began working for fashion designer Michael Kors as head of Public Relations. After five years and a successful tenure in PR, she married and moved to Los Angeles, where she became the design assistant to the interior designer Suzanne Rheinstein. In 1992, upon moving back to the East Coast, Karen established her own interior design firm, Dillingham Interior, specializing in residential and commercial interiors. Karen now resides in Greenwich, Connecticut with her two teenage children.
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