Today we’d like to introduce you to Maria Bush.
Hi Maria, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My name is Maria and I was born in early 90s deeply in Siberia. When I was a kid I loved to play with my Barbie dolls, to wrap them in pieces of different fabrics creating new dresses for them. I always had high interest in fashion. When MTV came to Russia in early 2000s I watched all red carpets and them draw dresses from there and we had my gallery in our kitchen, still remember some of dresses from that time. I love 90s and 00s in general – fashion, movies, music.
I always loved to dress up and stand out, but there at that time we variety in stores was so poor. At the age of 12 I started to take sewing classes and here my journey began. As a teenager I was so shy, insecure and hated how I looked. And here my hobby helped me. When I wore what I made I always got a lot of attention and compliments and of course it made me feel myself so confident. Step by step it became my new mindset – nothing is as beautiful as self-confidence! Because the key
is always how you feel yourself and people always feel it! If you feel insecure – you sit somewhere in the corner and people don’t see you, if you feel secure – you enter the room and you own the room! If you love the way you look you want people see you, you want to stand out, your eyes shine, your back is straight, you walk like a swan and your soul is blooming inside out!
I moved to Los Angeles in 2019 alone and I didn’t know anybody here, first couple of years was very hard and once I felt more stable I started to push myself out of my warm comfort zone and show myself to this World! It is still hard sometimes but I feel myself fulfilled through what I do.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
The hardest for me is emotional part. I live far away from my family for 11 years and sometimes I really need their support. Of course they always support me in what I do and proud of me, but it’s not the same.
Also because it is my personal story sometimes I take it too personal. Right now I do all myself and it is also hard. Hope in the near future I will be able to delegate some processes.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
In my work I don’t follow any trend because the most important for me – is to stay true to myself. I definitely love the tendency to slow fashion. My styles are timeless and classy, I call it elegant and spicy for bold women who are not afraid to make a statement! How you dress is the way to express yourself and you can choose who you are today – sexy cat or badass lady boss.
BUSH DESIGN is not about clothes itself – it is about feeling yourself! I am proud to be a Woman and I want to help as many women as I can to feel it! No matter how tall you are, what lips or hair you have – self confidence is the only one what is important! I want to celebrate each Woman, we all are beautiful already the way we are, we only have to accept and translate it to the World!
What are your plans for the future?
Right now my #1 task is to make everything organized and systemized to able to scale it, delegate and focus more on designs. Of course I want to have brand’s physical store in the future, where women get together, where they have special experience and where they always want to come back.
My big goal is to build a community, not just a fashion brand. I want my brand to be a lifestyle, a beautiful lifestyle of love and passion! Create, inspire and love!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://bushdesign.us/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bush.designs/
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@bush.design?lang=en
Image Credits
Jermaine Doyley
Nader Saadallah
Lena Mazepova
