Maria Pinto

How small Southern California fashion companies are staying afloat

2010-07-11 00:00:00

A recession can curb the urge to shop among even the most fanatical fashion devotees. Add unemployment (or underemployment) to the mix and, suddenly, high fashion nose-dives to the bottom of any priority list — hovering in importance near that $1,...

The 2008 Image Index: winners and losers

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Image is a slippery creature, and one month's style sensation is the next month's tasteless trend. For those keeping score, we offer the 2008 Image Index, a sliding scale of the people, places, ideas and trends that moved up -- and down -- the pop culture...

Michelle Obama's inaugural dress may set tone for her White House style

2009-01-18 00:00:00

Michelle Obama may be a trained lawyer with an Ivy League education, but on Tuesday night she will be America's Top Model. What she wears to the inaugural balls will set the style agenda for the administration and hold a mirror up to what it means to be a...

Michelle Obama's real-world style

2008-11-09 00:00:00

Fashion has a new first lady. If the black-and-red dress Michelle Obama wore for her husband's victory speech Tuesday is any indication, she is poised to be her own kind of style icon in the White House. The straight-from-the-spring-runway dress, which...

Democratic blue for Michelle Obama

2013-01-21 18:02:00

The American fashion industry held its breath on Inauguration Day for a series of Big Reveals. Word came quickly that the navy check coat and dress Michelle Obama wore to the morning prayer service at St. John's Episcopal Church was from American...

Etername debuts, The Seldoms celebrate and more

2012-01-30 07:37:11

Adult education in Calexico gets a new education center

2011-09-19 23:25:00

CALEXICO — Teachers gathered with students during the Monday inauguration of the new Robert F. Morales Education Center for adults, now located on the premises of De Anza 9th Grade Academy.�� The center was previously located next to William...

A lot to soak up in Fulton River District

2010-01-08 00:00:00

For Chris Kurinsky, living in Chicago means access to the lakefront in a neighborhood that provides nightlife options beyond plastic beer cups. Five years ago, he found all that and more when he moved into his one-bedroom condo loft in the Fulton River...

Above the fray

2010-07-25 00:00:00

The biggest trend on the Chicago fashion scene, at the start of 2010, was to hang it up. Oak Street's world-famous boutique Ultimo, which helped launch Marc Jacobs and Peter Soronen, shut down in January after 40 years. Designer Maria Pinto, a campaign-...

O, yes she can: Michelle Obama is well on her way to shaping a uniquely American style

2008-11-11 13:43:22

A new big O is ascending on the fashion scene. Incoming First Lady Michelle Obama is poised to be the new Oprah and the next Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis--combined!--for designers, retailers and fashion aficionados. (Does that make her a double-O agent...

Winfrey draws rich and famous to Obama bash at California estate

2007-09-09 00:00:00

Helicopters carrying camera crews buzzed overhead, and tinted glass covered the windows of almost every vehicle entering as Oprah Winfrey welcomed 1,500 guests Saturday evening to her sprawling estate in what was the biggest fundraiser of Sen. Barack...

Change—back to a Maria Pinto

2008-11-11 00:00:00

Michelle Obama returned to trusted hometown fashion designer Maria Pinto for her meeting Monday with Laura Bush at the White House. Simple, save for the sunburst pleat at the neckline, the classic tomato-red sheath reaffirmed that Obama will be ahead of...

The Field Museum presents its new exhibition, "Fashion and The Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto."

2012-09-19 14:25:00

Mark Shale's Maria Pinto and Mary Kingsburg at Chefs & the City.

2011-07-15 00:00:00

Mark Shale's Maria Pinto with her Ford Models at Chefs & the City.

2011-07-15 00:00:00