Mohammed is one of the six original members of EDDI, a partnership between the Natural Diamond Council (NDC) and designer Lorraine Schwartz. It also will continue to inform how he hopes his work will impact future generations. “This experience has made me more aware of the leverage that I wield as an artist in shaping the experiences of future generations of artists and creatives,” Mohammed says. This was an enduring example of the ways that creative art can allow you to make change in society.”Mohammed joined EDDI with Khiry, an Afrofuturist luxury brand he founded in 2016. With his own brand, Mohammed seeks to take the conventions of luxury fashion and use it as a lens to examine the value of Black life and culture, he says.

Source: Forbes May 17, 2022 15:49 UTC