Mariam Zand developed her passion for fashion at a very young age. Her mother, a talented seamstress, taught Mariam and her sister Mahyar to create patterns and make their own clothing. The frequent exposure to different clothing styles, colors and fabrics sparked Mariam’s creativity, and her life would never be the same.
Throughout her youth and into adulthood, Mariam Zand worked all over the fashion world, both in Europe and in the U.S. She moved to California in 1990, put everything she had into opening the very first Piajeh store in Newport Beach.