Christopher Shannon Imyenda y'abagabo yatangiye mu 2008, ifite icyerekezo cyo kwimura imyenda y'abagabo b'Abongereza kuva mu murage wayo wo kudoda neza ndetse n'ubutumwa bwo gukora imyenda igezweho, ifatika ishushanya ahantu hatandukanye. Ikirango kibitswe nububiko buganisha ku isi yose, nka Harvey Nichols, IT, Umuhango wo gufungura, 10 Corso Como na Space Mue.
Uwashinze Christopher Shannon ni umunyeshuri urangije muri St St Martins MA Menswear, aho yahawe buruse iyobowe na nyakwigendera, Profeseri ukomeye Louise Wilson.
Muri Kamena 2014, Shannon niwe wahawe igihembo cya BFC / GQ Designer Menswear Fund, ashyigikiwe na Vertu, yashyizwe ku rutonde rw'abahatanira igihembo cya Emerging Menswear Award mu Bwongereza Fashion Awards ndetse na LVMH Young Fashion Designer Award, kandi agira uruhare mu guhanga udushya. UMUGABO, NEWGEN na Fashion Imishinga yo gutera inkunga.