Story by: Tara Gonzalez, Coveteur.com | Photography by: Weston Wells
AND is challenging fashion’s perception of beauty with his line KHIRY, inspired by the African diaspora.
Sometimes Jameel Mohammed finds himself waking up in the morning thinking, ‘What!?’ Oftentimes in conversations with friends he finds himself exclaiming, ‘It’s actually coming together!’ Every time people are shocked that he’s shocked about the success of his jewelry line, KHIRY.
“His jewelry isn’t just pretty. It’s political.”
Maybe because when you’re a 22-year-old senior majoring in political science at the University of Pennsylvania who managed to design a luxury jewelry brand out of your dorm room AND raise $20,000 on Kickstarter in 48 hours, success isn’t so much a surprise as it is a given—it’s something most people would expect. But then again, Jameel is different.
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