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Growing up in Chicago, Jameel drew everything from realistic drawings, to Japanese manga comics and graffiti.
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Internships at Nicole Miller and Narciso Rodriguez provided insider access, and Jameel designed garments that went into production.
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For his senior project, Jameel designed and created a fashion collection, capped off by a runway show with Exonian models.
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Majors in philosophy, political science and economics, and a minor in business “inform his practice as an artist.”
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Barneys New York Fashion Director Tomoko Ogura mentors Jameel, encouraging him to focus on jewelry.
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This rope necklace designed for his senior project at Exeter, “started it all.”
He launches his jewelry line, KHIRY (Swahili for “extremes in fortune and health” and also his middle name), from his dorm room.
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Crowdfunding campaign raises $25,000 in 48 hours. Paper Magazine and Man Repeller fashion blog herald KHIRY, now poised for its spring line.
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KHIRY Khartoum bracelet featured in piece on tribal-themed jewelry.
The spring ’17 collection is a hit. Essence magazine showcases KHIRY and Jameel in a video interview.
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KHIRY makes the cut: ring in the shape of cattle horns shines in the 2017 holiday buying guide.
KHIRY gets a full-page feature in the September 2018 issue (with Beyoncé on the cover).
Jameel announces plans for a digital journal called Négritude, named after the movement founded by Aimé Césaire.
Jameel joins a select group of leaders designing “the future of fashion and the arts.”