Image from "Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy" We hope you'll join us tonight at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum for a Q&A with Chicago designer MariaPinto. Not only will you have an opportunity to learn more about MariaPinto's background and design ethos, you'll also have a chance to admire the Paulette II dress (show above) firsthand, worn...
We are delighted to announce an upcoming event that may be interest to the Mrs-O.org community. Fabulous Chicago-based designer MariaPinto, prominently featured in Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy, will be in New York for a discussion at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum on Tuesday, November 10 at 6:30PM . We are honored to have been asked to lead the discussion! Is there...
On the evening of September 23, Michigan Avenue's Tiffany & Co. hosted Forever In Fashion; a celebration of Tiffany jewelry and styling by famed Chicago designer MariaPinto. The 150 private guests were served champagne and hor d'oeurves while viewing a combination of jewels and models that both walked amongst the crowd as well as posed on jewelry casings. Styled in MariaPinto's...
... the one-woman-show/DVD "Letting Go of God" Julia Sweeney, award-winning fashion designer MariaPinto, Leo Burnett chief creative officer Susan Credell, and performances by rockers Brighton, MA. Videos of past shows can be found here . Interview Show, Friday, November 6, 2009, 6:30-8 p.m., The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, $5
... O's cut-out leather belt, this is not the first time we've seen it. Mrs. O wore the belt with a MariaPinto ensemble, campaigning in Puerto Rico in 2008, seen here .
... with interviews from her favorite designers, including Isabel Toledo, Jason Wu, Michael Kors , MariaPinto, Peter Soronen and others. More.... > Spend $100 and look like a million bucks in these dresses!! > Check out Bluefly.com's Michelle Obama's Lookbook!!
Michelle Obama is such an icon, there's a second book dedicated to her first-class style. Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy ($18) follows the first lady's wardrobe choices , from her wedding dress to her White House getups. You'll also find interviews with designers like MariaPinto, Isabel Toledo, and Jason Wu, who have all dressed Michelle. The author is Mary Tomer, the same person...
Novelist Gillian Flynn ("Dark Places," "Sharp Objects") appeared on The Interview Show, a talk show I host at The Hideout in Chicago, to discuss her...
... from some of Michelle's favourite designers, such as Isabel Toledo, Jason Wu, Michael Kors, MariaPinto and Isaac Mizrahi. Mary Tomer, 28, who works in advertising for Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York, said: "I was captivated by this very dynamic professional woman who was confident wearing such striking feminine clothes. "She was just as happy wearing off-the-rack outfits for 150...
The Olsens, plus Alexander Wang, Erin Fetherston, of J. Crew, MariaPinto, and several others were officially inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America — "the Kiwanis Club of our business," as David Rees put it — on Wednesday night. After someone explained to Mary-Kate what the save the garment center campaign was about — the lax enforcement of existing zoning laws has...
Michelle Obama's dolls share her serious sense of style. And, of course, her right to bare arms. We love how the creators took the time to mimic outfits that the First Lady wore... Like the off-the-rack black and white dress she wore on The View last summer. Or the purple MariaPinto she sported the night Barack took home the Democratic nomination. The toy, which is anticipated by toymakers...
From TIME's Sophia Yan: Move over on that shelf, Barbie--gotta make some room for Michelle. Three versions of a six-inch Michelle Obama action figure will arrive in specialty stores mid-November. Consumers will be able to take their pick of Michelle in her black-and-red election night dress; in the bright purple sheath dress by Chicago designer Maria [...]