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Fashion designer and artist Maria Pinto creates beautiful, modern fashion for women and is the creative voice behind M2057 by Maria Pinto, a ready-to-wear collection inspired by urban architecture and design. Maria gives women fashion that is chic, versatile, and fits all types of bodies and styles. She has dressed iconic women like First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Brooke Shields, and her designs have been featured on the hit show Empire and in publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.M2057 features clothing that is high fashion, high function, but low maintenance: pieces are machine washable, excellent for travel, and can effortlessly shift from day- to nighttime events. It is “fashion that keeps up with women’s busy lives.”Maria celebrated her 25th anniversary in fashion design in 2016 with a retrospective at Chicago’s City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower. In 2012 she co-curated an exhibition for the Field Museum, “Fashion and the Field Museum Collection,” and her designs are now part of the Field’s permanent collection. Maria is a member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Chicago’s Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and is on the board of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Architecture and Design Society. The School of the Art Institute awarded Maria both its “Legend of Fashion” award in 2009 and an Honorary Doctorate in 2017.

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