Mariya Ashraf is from Sopore and is brought up in Srinagar. Mariya was interested in fashion since her childhood. She would design clothes for her dolls.Later she would plunk down to watch any old Hollywood classic movie or costume dramas and do her best to approximate the styles for her dresses.
Aroosi is the first collection of her label. It’s a collection of 15 bridal dresses including semi-formal, formal, and bridal.
She has a team of 8 including a workshop manager, a tailor master, assistant tailors and specialized artisans.She also set up a network of lady artisans in Kashmir who work from home for me. She has a coordinator who coordinates with this team of artisans. Apart from this photographer, Tahir Mehmood who is very well known in the Middle East and our Model Liliya Levaya who has ramp walked for many international labels!
