Tiffany & Co. and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) have honoured Jameel Mohammed with the first-ever Tiffany & Co. X CFDA Jewellery Designer Award. Mohammed received a $50,000 prize and a one-year paid fellowship with Tiffany & Co.’s design department.
To celebrate the award, Tiffany & Co. and CFDA hosted an intimate cocktail reception at Tiffany & Co.’s iconic Fifth Avenue flagship: The Landmark. At the event, Tiffany & Co.’s Global Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, Stéphanie Oueda-Cruz, presented the award along with CFDA CEO Steven Kolb and Tiffany & Co. CMO Andrea Davey.
Notable attendees included selection committee members Bethann Hardison, Frank Everett, Jahleel Weaver, Jason Wu, Joan Smalls, Nathalie Verdeille, Rajni Jacques, in addition to Lauren Santo Domingo, Jessica Wang, Amy Fine Collins, Yao King, Lauren Levinson, Samira Nasr, Mark Holgate, Hannah Bronfman and Tina Leung.
The program, which ran from October 2024 to January 2025, recognised 10 participants who were chosen by the selection committee and tasked with designing a final presentation for the committee’s review this morning, paying homage to Tiffany & Co.’s illustrious heritage and inventiveness.