Jameel Mohammed

Brand: KHIRY
Website: www.khiry.com
Instagram: @khiryofficial

KHIRY founder Jameel Mohammed began a career in design at age 16, interning for Nicole Miller and Narciso Rodriguez, while still in high school at Phillips Exeter Academy. In 2013, Mohammed enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania to pursue a degree in political science. When a necklace he designed caught the eye of the COO and Fashion Director of Barneys New York in 2014, he decided to focus on jewelry design and accepted an internship at the company where he learned the ins and outs of merchandising and retail buying. In 2016, he founded KHIRY, an Afrofuturist luxury brand. KHIRY employs the conventions of luxury fashion to make pointed statements about the value of Black life and culture. KHIRY's polished and sculptural demi-fine jewelry is crafted in gold vermeil and sterling silver with natural embellishments of semi-precious stones and handwoven leather to embody the strength, beauty, power, and romance of the African diaspora.