CC Skye Biography

CC Skye's Biography

Hollywood's Hottest New Designer, consistently ahead of the trends...Based in Los Angeles, CC Skye embraces true "IT" Girl style with gleaming gold hardware and a fashion forward sensibility that has made her moniker line virtual wardrobe staples for super stylists and today's brightest stars. Nominated for Best New Accessory Designer by GEN ART, CC Skye marries unpredictability and wearability in her eponymous collections. CC Skye consistently creates the season's must haves that perfectly fuse uptown elegance with downtown edge. With the break out success of CC Skye's jewelry line, the designer evolved into handbags, launching the collection in the Spring of 2006 to rave reviews. Featuring the same luxe aesthetic as CC Skye's much-coveted jewelry line, the debut handbag collection skillfully fused chunky gold hardware crafted in her jewelry factory with Italian leathers in bold colors and modern silhouettes. In just a few months, the sophisticated "Skye" bag, retro-inspired "721", and the decadent "Lucy" bag quickly reached cult status with Hollywood and retailers alike.

CC Skye first began designing clothing and jewelry in the back streets and bustling bazaars of Kathmandu Nepal while on a six month study abroad. While abroad, she lived with a Shaman in the hills of the Himalayas while filming a documentary on Hindu and Buddhist worship. While her wardrobe overseas was well suited for hiking the Himalayas, CC-always a true LA Girl at heart-craved a look off the pages of Vogue while living in her mud hut. After returning to Los Angeles, CC Skye worked in identifying upcoming fashion trends for various trend predictive such as Louis Harris in Paris. She then went on to work in the music and fashion documentaries as an Associate Producer at MTV Networks and profiled the lives of fashion designers for the Style Network of E! Entertainment Television. It was during a hiatus in the television industry that she found herself in the jewelry district of downtown Los Angeles where she began to work with a local craftsmen who taught her the trade, much like the locals in the Himalayas. One summer later, a brand was born.

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