Chan.nel Karama Ltd.

Chan.nel Karama Ltd. is, since its conception in 2004, a one-woman operation. CEO/designer, LC Skinner, since her days as a student at University of California, Berkeley, has engulfed herself in all things creative. This multi-faceted artist is considered to be a renaissance woman, a title attributable to the various career fields such as fashion journalism, wardrobe styling, production, apparel and graphic design that she holds titles in. She has created two lines of clothing, Chan.nel Karama Limited and Karama Denim Luxe Brands. Her clothing is a hybrid of couture and street fashions, intermingling the flair of vintage clothing and the individualism of Hip Hop culture. Being from the diverse city of San Francisco, she saw that this genre of fashion was left vacant in her cities eclectic fashion scene.

Skinner explains, “Being myself is a must! ..and I don’t feel the same way every day. So my personal style is sporadic and almost a bit schizophrenic. Some days I want jeans and a t-shirt, then the next day I want something a bit more formal. I just make sure everybody can relate to at least one piece in each collection”. Chan.nel Karama Limited and Karama Denim Luxe are lines of quality, on trend clothing for women of a myriad of sizes spanning from size 0-22 and has items as low as $10 yet, no item is more than $500. Her items have been featured in multiple media outlets such as the 2006 BET Awards, Uptown Style Weekly, Yo! TV, in various magazines and on the runways in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and more recently New York City for Full Figured Fashion Week 2010. With the New York showing, CKL has recieved press in Vogue Italia's VogueCurvy, Rueters.com, and countless blogs and online magazines such as The Curvy Fashionista, Manik and Skorch magazines, We are officially launching our online store in Summer 2010 and our line will be placed in various stores nationwide by Winter 2010. Chan.nel Karama will soon become the premiere clothing line for the fashionista of metropolis. (www.channelkarama.com)
About the clothing direction this season

This season’s popular items are the Onyx Distressed Leggings and the Obscure Obscenity line of accessories. Channel Karama’s latest collection, entitled “Obscenely Obscure”, pokes fun at the colorful antics of the current Hollywood It-girl while showcasing inventive twist on trends using obscure materials. Accessories mimicking censor bars play on the obscene behaviors shown in various media outlets of these “It-girls” yet have an underlying message of being a renegade/risqué in our own daily happenings, even down to our attire. This sharp witted satire is meant to arrest the attention of critics, connoisseurs and the creators of the fashion. In tune with the thirst of individuality in the world of high fashion Chan.nel Karama Limited delivers a wardrobe compiled with ingenious themes, making it an anomaly in the ebb and flow of pop culture and the fashion it produces. The self proclaimed “clothing line for ALL individuals” encourages everyone to brush your geometric-gravity defying-padded shoulders off and step into the wilder side of fashion.
Every summer Chan.nel Karama releases a line of swimwear based upon the theme of the spring/summer collection. In every collection, we recreate our signature “Rapunzel” swimsuit. This piece is whimsically named after the Brothers Grimm fairytale character donning incredibly long locks of hair. This modified one piece has a halter styled top which ties behind the neck ties. The remaining fabric of the tails flows from the tied knot at the neck, down the back just shy of knee length.