Juneteenth & Pride Join Graduation, Weddings & Father’s Day As Key Jewelry Sales Month

Juneteenth & Pride Join Graduation, Weddings & Father’s Day As Key Jewelry Sales Month

The exterior of the John Hardy store on Prince Street in Soho displaying the artwork of Jameel ... [+] Mohammed June has always been a month for celebrations. And celebrations beget jewelry buying opportunities. Traditionally June jewelry sales revolve around graduations, weddings and more recently, Father's Day. Now there are two other reasons to celebrate with jewelry and acknowledge community: Juneteenth and Pride month. These jewelers“”Kareem Mohammad of KHIRY, Kristen and Kofi Essel of Third Crown and Max Johnson of Awe Inspired“”represent their community and beyond and demonstrate the power of collaboration. And the power of jewelry. Both Jameel Mohammed and John Hardy CEO Kareem Gahed wanted to honor Juneteenth. The former was thinking customized jeweled T-shirts and stickers (he still is), but Gahed and his team had something bigger in mind for the artist and KHIRY jewelry founder. Instead, the prints and graphics of those T's became an art and sculpture installation at the Bali-based jeweler's Prince Street flagship. The two had been in touch this past spring as Mohammed embarked on a business and financial quest and reached out to Gahed, among others. "I had built a list of high-level operations folks in fashion, intending to interview different