Malyia McNaughton; model, stylist and jewelry designer behind the brand, Made by Malyia. The Bronx native, Florida State University alum and all-around girl boss is making major moves in the fashion industry. Leaving a 9-to-5 to pursue her passion for jewelry design, Malyia is the entrepreneur other entrepreneurs dream of being.

On a mission to redefine beauty, and empowering persons of all walks of life, Malyia focuses on pulling the confidence out of everyone with her timeless designs. Stumbling upon jewelry design due to the distaste of what the market currently offered, the determined millennial hand-crafted her first body chain. After being begged to create more by friends and family, Malyia set up her Etsy page and the rest is all (her)story.

Creating major buzz when spotted out with her very first chain, she eventually became a summer festival sensation. Since then she has added other items to her product offerings; hand-chains, faux nose rings, foot-chains, necklaces and ear cuffs.

Since debuting the collection, there has been major buzz surrounding the faux items and the It Girl designer behind the brand, as she has been featured in Vogue magazines “Best Street Style at AfroPunk Festival 2015.” Landing acclaim from an exclusive Etsy partnership with Lionsgate Entertainment for their Divergent series, the brand has had an amazing 2-year tenure.

You can check out past editions of MADE here.

The MADE campaign focuses on the journey of entrepreneurship; the good, the bad and the indefinite. Drawing much inspiration from MTV’s MADE series, where everyday people overcame fears to be the very best version of them, we aim to do the same. We hope to inspire others by handpicking select influencers to share their intimate journey of becoming MADE.

Campaign Presented on behalf of Malyia McNaughton, Made by Malyia Jewelry

Creative Direction: Sherod Lewis, Heir PR (@heirsherrod)

Videography: Shayla Jaye, Shayla Jaye Productions (@lipstickndlashes)

MUA: Dominique Jenelle (@madebydjenelle)

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