MARIA.B. DESIGNS (PVT.) LTD.

MARIA.B. DESIGNS (PVT.) LTD is the largest manufacturer and retailer of women’s fashion garments in Pakistan, with a large clientele in the US, UK and Europe. The company was set up in 1999 by Maria Butt, after she graduated from PIFD (Pakistan Institute of Fashion Design), affiliated with La Chambre Syndicale de Parissiene (Paris). She graduated with honors securing the top position in all four years of studies. In 1997 Maria won an international fashion competition held in Belgium called “Les Etoiles de la Mode”. Here she was also named as one of the three upcoming designers in the world. After studying the strict Parisienne “Haute Couture” and Prêt-a-Porter courses she created MARIA.B, Pakistan’s first professional fashion house. MARIA.B was the first design house in Pakistan to hire a team or professionally trained fashion designers, textile artists and production managers to run the company on professional lines. Today MARIA.B possesses not only a professional design team, but also Production, Management Information Systems and General Management teams. The professional approach ensures the timely delivery of thousands of garments to 23 outlets in Pakistan —and our franchises/stockiest around the world. In a short span of twenty years, MARIA.B has created a fashion revolution with her exquisite designing and chic image which shows in all her lines from Casuals, lawn, Evening-Wear, Westerns to Bridals. MARIA.B. is also working on an export oriented strategy, thus our quality and standards are well maintained under the guidance of trained fashion designers. For that purpose our product lines have been displayed in fashion events all over the world: 1. U.S.A -Chicago( 2001) 2. France -Paris (Pret-a-Porter,2001) 3. U.S.A -New York(2002) 4. Thailand - Bangkok(Bangkok International Fashion Fair, 2002) 5. U.K -Birmingham(South Asain Fashion Mela, 2002) 6. U.S.A -Los Angeles (2003) 7. U.S.A -Washington DC (2004) 8. U.K - Manchester(Asian Brides Show, 2004) Today MARIA.B. is the only fashion house with a vertically integrated industrial scale production facility and one of the largest network of outlets in Pakistan. With a large skilled workforce of over 500 employees and a team of professionally trained designers and an export oriented vision, MARIA.B. is all set to become one of the most powerful fashion houses from South Asia.