Photographs from Muntaha Qureshi's Business, Bridal Insignia

DESCRIPTION
Muntaha Qureshi is an event decorator in metro Detroit. She opened her business Bridal Insignia in 2014, first in Virginia and then later moving it to Michigan. Bridal Insignia has decorated 3-4 events a year when it first started. In 2019 they decorated about 120 events. Muntaha is one of metro Detroit’s Bangladeshi Women Entrepreneurs.

Photo 1: Pictured here is Muntaha who was 8 months pregnant during a wedding set up. Her husband made sure to stay by her side to assist in any capacity he could.

Photo 2: This event was two weeks after Muntaha gave birth to her second son. She took him to her event set-ups to nurse him while she worked.

Photo 3: This was in 2017, four months after moving the business from Virginia to Michigan.

Photo 4: Muntaha says she's very hands on in all the events set up, especially when it comes to the stage and fresh flowers. Here she's examining flowers at a set-up.

Photo 5: Here is a sample of a set-up in Troy from 2018.

Photo 6: Here is a sample of a set-up at the Byblos Banquet Center from 2019.

Photo 7: Here she's pictured with her "team," consisting of husband and son Izhaq because there was no one else to watch him in Virginia when they decorated events.

Photo 8: Pictured here is their company logo, created by a graphic designer in 2014. Bridal Insignia originally had two partners, however it became a sole proprietorship once Muntaha moved back from Virginia to Michigan in 2017.

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Subject(s): Muntaha Qureshi
Type: Photograph
Source: Archival Creators Fellowship Program
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PROVENANCE
Collection: Nargis Rahman Fellowship Project
Item History: 2021-12-01 (created); 2021-12-08 (modified)

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