Starting out in the healthcare profession at Syracuse University- physical therapy to be exact-Mariah quickly realized that she was not on the road to fulfilling her passion in life. Although she excelled at science, she was more interested in fashion styling and business, therefore decided to switch her major to International Business Management with a concentration in fashion merchandising. Shortly thereafter, off to England she went.

 

Upon returning to the States from her studies abroad, she landed a position working in the fur industry with BC International Group at Saks Fifth Avenue in her hometown of Philadelphia. Here she rapidly grew within a year to Area Manager, which eventually called her to travel to Las Vegas to build and promote new business for the company.

Becoming quite smitten with Las Vegas, Mariah decided to separate herself from the company, as she strongly felt that Las Vegas was where she needed to live for her career to grow. It proved to be a very good decision.

 

While there in Vegas, Mariah worked with various high fashion houses including Chanel, Gucci, Michael Kors, Burberry, Emilio Pucci and Roberto Cavalli. As a result of building quality relationships with local clientele and networking in industry-conducive settings, Mariah built a wardrobe styling business causing her to have styled the covers of various local magazines including Las Vegas Woman Magazine, as well as writing style and business etiquette columns for Deluxe Version Magazine, and NVP Magazine.

 

Mariah also began teaching her own Image and Etiquette for Business workshops where she educated on proper and effective communication in business. She also gave speeches on wardrobing, wellness, and self-esteem. Word traveled around town, causing Mariah to be highly sought after from local non-profit businesses such as Hope for Prisoners, Nevada Community Associates, City of Las Vegas Youth Empowerment Programs, Dress for Success Southern NV amongst others, eventually causing her to land a teaching opportunity with the College of Southern Nevada.

A great honor was to be invited to guest-lecture at California Polytechnic State University to the Apparel and Merchandising Management class.

 

Teaching has been a high honor and privilege for Mariah. She greatly enjoys educating and assisting attendees of her classes in onward and upward social mobility. Her philosophy is, “you don’t know what you don’t know”.  She believes that with the right tools, anyone can become set up for success and outclass the competition.

 

As life would have it, Mariah was then introduced to the idea of New Orleans living. Reluctant at first, she finally decided to relocate in February of 2017. To her great surprise, her lifelong dream was awaiting her in the Crescent City. Before long, she was to open West London Btq; a boutique named after her glorious time spent studying fashion and style in the western part of the city of London.

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This has proved to be her greatest accomplishment and the one she's most proud of. Mariah believes that there is nothing better than awaking each morning to do what you love, while giving back and helping people along the way. This is the primary reason she authored Retail, She Wrote, a guidebook on elevated retail practices.

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As destiny would have it, in May of 2024, another opportunity of expansion presented itself. After operating West London Boutique for 7 years, a new boutique was born; Le Marais. Le Marais is named for Mariah's favorite arrondisement in Paris, and houses bolder couture clothing that she finds from emerging designers at market in Paris, France. Le Marais is a boutique for those unafraid to take risks with their wardrobes.

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In doing this continuous and cyclical work, Mariah is looking forward to a long career in the spellbinding city of New Orleans.