Maryam Entezami was born in Rezayeh/Iran on 1 January 1969. She spent the first ten years of her life in her home-country before departing to Turkey with her parents and younger sister in 1980. The departure of the family was sudden, and the result of the political turmoil in Iran.

Coming from a strong and patriotic family, with love for one's history and culture, it was not a big surprise that Maryam based her entire graduation project on Persian design. For her inspirations for the fabric's designs and collection she had to research about Iranian history, art and culture. It was a huge and difficult process, since it was very difficult to find adequate research material on the subject. Nevertheless she was able to gather enough information to finish her project, with help from friends and relatives who also took it up on themselves to help Maryam in her quest.

During her research she became so inspired by her culture and history that Maryam got an idea for her next project. She wanted to make a folkloric collection, which represented the rich culture and history of her home country. Furthermore she wanted to show another side of Iranian culture and fashion than the stereotype image of "chador" as the only Iranian covering and garment. She made a total of twenty-one different garments from eleven provinces in Iran. Every region, province and ethnic-group has her own specific custom- and dress design. Maryam was approached by the Museum of Anthropology in Leiden which was at the time trying to organize an exhibition of folkloric garments from all the Middle Eastern countries. It was the first time ever in Holland that Iranian folkloric garments were being presented in a museum.

In January 1997, Maryam presented her first collection of folkloric designs at the exhibition called Unveiled.