We spoke with the Jameel Mohammed about the barriers he faced breaking into the fine-jewelry industry, how he wants to inspire others, and something he has recently seen that he can’t get out of his head
Photo: Jameel Mohammed On Sunday, jewelry designer and artist Jameel Mohammed debuted his collection for his brand Khiry during New York Fashion Week as part of IMG-Endeavor’s Color of Change show. Born and raised in Chicago, Mohammed’s fall-winter 2022 collection, Fights Reveal Futilities, explores the highs and lows Black liberation fighters have faced throughout history.
Below, we spoke with the jewelry designer about the barriers he faced breaking into the fine-jewelry industry, how he wants to inspire others, and something he has recently seen that he can’t get out of his head. I do like to make things that ball out a little bit. I have a really strong emphasis on silhouette and lines. These are qualities that are really important to my design and to the symbolism of the brand. The way that other generations of Black artists have interpreted their lives around the world — whether that’s like the form of a statue from Benin, precolonial Nigeria, or the kind of hoops that girls were wearing in Harlem in the ’80s.Barriers that I have experienced are a lack of interest.
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