Chari Cuthbert
Chari Cuthbert is a Jamaican-born jewelry designer and founder and creative director of the jewelry company ByChari.[1] She founded the company in 2012 and is its sole owner. As of 2020, she had a team of five female employees[2] working for her in Los Angeles.[3]
In August 2020, First Lady Michelle Obama wore a necklace designed by Cuthbert for her 2020 Democratic National Convention speech.[4] The VOTE necklace[5] went viral during Obama's speech and, according to CNN,[6] was a top-trending search on Google during the last hour of the convention on August 17, 2020.[7] Cuthbert designed the VOTE necklace in 2016[8] and then started marketing it for the 2018 midterm elections. Obama's stylist, Meredith Koop, ordered the VOTE necklace for Obama.[9]
Background
Cuthbert was born in Miami to Jamaican parents. She is a self taught artist and an African American woman.[10] In 2012, she moved to Hawaii with $100 to start her business. She then moved to Los Angeles in 2016[11]
References
- ^ Robert, Yola. "Meet Chari Cuthbert: The Jewelry Designer Behind Michelle Obama's 'Vote' Necklace". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ Connor, Tracy (2020-08-18). "Designer ByChari Deluged With Orders for Michelle Obama's 'VOTE' Necklace". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "How Jewelry Startup Founder Chari Cuthbert Shifted Her Company to a Work-From-Home Operation". Time. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Michelle Obama 'VOTE' Necklace Designer 'Cried' Upon Seeing It In DNC Speech". Mediaite. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Dwilson, Stephanie Dube (2020-08-18). "Chari Cuthbert, Obama's Vote Necklace Designer, Founded ByChari in 2012". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Huber, Eliza. "Michelle Obama's Vote Necklace Is Going Viral — Here's Where You Can Buy It". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "The Designer Behind Michelle Obama's VOTE Necklace Is a Black Woman". Black Enterprise. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Salo, Jackie (2020-08-18). "Designer ByChari slammed with orders for Michelle Obama's 'VOTE' necklace". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Andrew Morris (2020-08-18). "Designer of Michelle Obama's 'V-O-T-E' necklace in stirring Democratic National Convention speech: "quite the surprise"". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Michelle Obama's "VOTE" Necklace Is Going Viral. Here's Where to Find It". Washingtonian. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Bryant, Kenzie. "The Creator of Michelle Obama's "VOTE" Necklace Is Making a More Affordable Version". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-08-19.