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about AKILAM STUDIO...

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AKILAM STUDIO is a collection of one of a kind handmade items by Asa Malika
  Barishman, a local Chicago Designer. Bored with the current trends, Asa Malika
  learned how to sew in highschool when she saw an article in Seventeen Magazine
  on how to upcycle clothing to wear. A few years later Asa Malika would go on to
  study Fashion Design at Columbia College Chicago where her love of fashion
  continued to grow. AKILAM became the name of her senior thesis collection of
  clothing. Asa Malika decided to make take away gifts for her buyers critique (a
  wallet and jewelry). AKILAM was born that Spring 2000 when Asa Malika Barishman
  debuted her collection of handbags, necklaces, earrings, and hair adornments to
  rave reviews at her first trunk show followed by store placements. AKILAM
  LEATHER followed in Spring of 2005. In Winter of 2008 Asa Malika Barishman and
  her husband Jason brought their twins home and knew they wanted to cloth
diaper,  but didn't like that the
diapers on the market were all made of
polyester or  synthetic fibers. Asa Malika Barishman started little b hiney, a
company  specializing in cotton cloth diapers & wipes for your baby. AKILAM
STUDIO  CLOTHING
was officially introduced Fall 2010. All items are either
upcycled- or  adhere to the AKILAM STUDIO low waste policy- even the scraps are
used! 
Asa Malika Barishman is currently working on a little b family, a line of multi- cultural dolls.

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