Maria Pinto

Michelle Obama Veterans Day PHOTOS: Coat Season Kickoff! (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.12.2009 | Style


Michelle Obama kicked off coat season when she attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, wearing a teal J. Crew coat over a tu...

Michelle Obama's Olympic Delegation Look Revealed

Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Style


Maria Pinto's design for the American Olympic delegation, WWD reports, was revealed on Monday. Pinto created a series of mix-and-match jackets, pants,...

Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett To Wear Identical Olympic Bid Outfits By Maria Pinto

Sun-Times | Lisa Donovan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Style


An Olympic team needs an Olympic uniform and local designers have pitched in to create his and hers outfits for First Lady Michelle Obama, Mayor Daley...

Maria Pinto Unveils Fall 2009 Collection

WWD | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style


"Strike while the iron is hot" might well have been the driving force behind the strong, chic collection that Chicago designer Maria Pinto brought to ...

It's Not Just Palin in Designer Duds

Karin Tanabe | Posted 12.01.2008 | Style


Karin Tanabe

All the modern day presidents and first ladies, while running for office and in office, wore designer duds. Except, of course, for the notoriously frugal Carter.

Maria Pinto: Meet The Woman Behind Michelle Obama's Purple Dress

The New York Times | Susan Saulny | Posted 09.14.2008 | Style


Though she is not Mrs. Obama's exclusive dressmaker, Ms. Pinto, a designer known for luxuriant evening wear, is a favorite of Mrs. Obama, who wore buz...