Just over a year ago, Jameel Mohammed — then a 21-year-old political science major at the University of Pennsylvania — successfully secured funding to launch his jewelry line, Khiry, with the help of Kickstarter. Just over 400 backers pledged a total of more than $25,000 to help the college student bring the line, which promised a “new vision of luxury, inspired by the rich and complex cultures of the African Diaspora” to life.
That’s already huge for someone who’s only just reached legal drinking age. And a lot has happened since then.
Mohammed debuted his Afro-futuristic spring/summer 2017 collection at New York Fashion Week, launched an e-commerce site, and was picked up by Moda Operandi for a trunk show, all last fall. That laundry list of accomplishments is impressive — did I mention he also interned at both Nicole Miller and Narciso Rodriguez while still in high school? — but the substance and concept behind the now-22-year-old’s brand is the most inspiring part of his story.
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