Renee Minus White wrote an article entitled "Karen Perry: costume designer in demand" in the 07-23-1994 edition of New York Amsterdam News:
"(Karen Perry )'s the winner of A Time to Style Magazine's Costume Designer of the Year Award for 1994.
The lady is a native New Yorker who grew up on West 114th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. Her mother has lived there since the 1930s.".