From designing jewelry to sewing garments, and even to interior decorating, Shannon Saint Clair was always  passionate about creating art, which  stems from childhood when her mother taught her how to sew at age five.   During her school years, Shannon designed jewelry from seashells  that she sold at local craft shows.  Voted Most Artistic out  of her high school Senior Class, Shannon graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from the University of  Virginia in 1999.

Destined to turn her hobbies into a profession, she opened her first  company, Jersey Couture LLC in 2003 in St. Louis, where her husband was a Rams player.  She  designed jerseys for other players’ wives to wear at the games because  they wanted jerseys similar to the one she designed by cutting up a pair of her husband’s team workout shorts.  In 2005 Shannon launched Lavish Couture LC embellishing & redesigning NFL jerseys and jackets sent to her by the Miami Dolphins & Chicago Bears wives.

When her husband signed with the Cleveland Browns, Shannon officially launched her couture jewelry collection in 2009 in addition to embellishing jerseys, establishing  Shannon Saint Clair LLC.  Her semi precious beaded gemstone jewelry was an instant hit with NFL players throughout the country.  Over 100 celebrities, singers, actors, reality stars, beauty queens, and pro athletes, are photographed wearing her handcrafted couture jewelry. Shannon was interviewed live on NBC 6 In The Mix in January 2020 for the Jeans & Jackets Gala Fashion Show, where she launched her Royalty Collection Clothing Line.  Former NFL Players modeled her men’s collection, as well as female and children models for the ladies and kidswear.  

TV SHOWS

Shannon was filmed on Fox TV’s, WSVN Channel 7, DECO DRIVE TV in April 2019, with a segment on her sequin clothing line.  She was also interviewed live on the NBC 6 In The Mix in 2020, Live Miami Show in 2011 and  2010, and on the CBS Affiliate WDBJ7 Saturday Morning Show in 2013.  Basketball Wives L.A. also featured Shannon in an episode with her jewelry collection in 2012.  In 2009, a  Chicago production company wanted to film a reality tv season with the Chicago Bears wives &  centered around Shannon's jersey & jewelry design business with her husband, but Shannon maintained keeping her personal life private away from tv.  Shannon was also contacted to audition for a reality tv show featuring jewelry designer competitions.  But the directors felt she was too nice & not going to be argumentative enough to stir up drama that they wanted to film.

AWARDS

Saint Clair has received several awards, including a feature in the MIAMI HERALD Newspaper as one of Legacy Magazine’s “Most Prominent and Influential Black Women in Business and Industry of 2019.”   In March 2019, she won the Glitz N Girlpower Fashion Icon Award. Along with her husband John, Shannon received the Power Couple Award by New Visions Community Development Corporation in 2017.  Furthermore, she won the ”NFL Player Alumni Association’s 2011 Player Networking Event Award” for achieving the most successful business. Saint Clair also ranked #3 in South of Fifth Magazine’s The Arts Issue as one of the “33 Emerging Creative Minds You Need to Know for 2011.  

CELEBRITIES

Super Bowl Weekend 2019, Dr Jackie Walters of “Married To Medicine” & Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms wore Shannon’s necklace and bracelets at the NFL Wives Super Bowl Fashion Show. In 2012, VH1 filmed an episode of Basketball Wives LA, where Reality Stars shopped Shannon Saint Clair Jewelry.  Brandy in 2019 & Charlie Wilson in 2016 both performed at Jazz In the Gardens wearing her jewelry. Chris Brown also wore her bracelets performing at a Miami nightclub in 2011.

EVENTS

Shannon Saint Clair Jewelry has been featured at NBA All Star Weekend, Super Bowl Weekend, the BET Awards, and Kentucky Derby Weekend.  

MEMBERSHIPS

Saint Clair is a Founding Member of Off The Field NFL Wives Association &  a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.  She enjoys mentoring to youth at church and schools.