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Maria Pinto Closes Chicago Boutique. What's Michelle Obama to Wear? (M's designer goes bankrupt)
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| February 15, 2010
| Lesley Kennedy
Posted on 02/15/2010 2:00:37 PM PST by Stoat
Maria Pinto Closes Chicago Boutique. What's Michelle Obama to Wear?
by Lesley Kennedy Posted Feb 15th 2010 at 4:26PM
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Even designing dresses that turned
Michelle Obama into a fashion trendsetter couldn't keep
Maria Pinto in business.
The designer has
closed the doors to her Chicago boutique, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, and she is expected to seek bankruptcy protection this week.
Pinto tells the Sun-Times "economic challenges and soft buying trends at the top end of the apparel market" contributed to her business woes.
''I am confident that the 'Maria Pinto' name will not go away, but will merely take a break, before emerging in a new form," she tells the newspaper.
"I plan on using the next several months to explore different avenues and opportunities for business, as economic conditions improve."
In addition to dressing
Obama (see the purple sleeveless sheath dress she wore for the final primaries?), Pinto's customers also included
Oprah Winfrey and several Chicago socialites and civic leaders.
Pinto studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and New York's
Parsons School of Design and Fashion Institute of Technology, and worked for
Geoffrey Beene in her first fashion job. In 1991, she launched her own line, which was carried in stores including
Bergdorf Goodman, then she opened her Chicago boutique in 2008, according to the paper.
And, if there's any debate on
Michelle Obama's style power, here's a look at
her first 100 days of fashion.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boobbelt; closes; fashion; fashionpolice; flotusmichelle; hideousfashions; mariapinto; michelleobama; nobama; obama; pinto; sasquatch; store; wookie
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To: PA Engineer
101
posted on
02/15/2010 3:26:44 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: maggief
102
posted on
02/15/2010 3:26:49 PM PST
by
Vor Lady
("Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." JFK)
To: ETL
103
posted on
02/15/2010 3:27:37 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: ETL
104
posted on
02/15/2010 3:30:00 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Stoat
She deserves to go bankrupt. Humiliating the first lady is a bad thing to do even if the FLOTUS had no better sense in designers.
Those were some nasty creations. gag me.
Comment #106 Removed by Moderator
To: ETL
107
posted on
02/15/2010 3:32:21 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: mojitojoe
Looks like she’s been doing a little horseback riding herself. A little too much if you ask me.
108
posted on
02/15/2010 3:32:40 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: mojitojoe
109
posted on
02/15/2010 3:33:33 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
110
posted on
02/15/2010 3:35:03 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Stoat
111
posted on
02/15/2010 3:35:34 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
To: Tax-chick
This thread reminds me...
I need to take a picture of a product I’ve seen at a local store. It’s a shoe insert that promises to correct bow legs.
112
posted on
02/15/2010 3:37:43 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
To: mojitojoe
That last large close up was not photoshopped in any way. It's a cropped blowup of this screen shot I did of the following photograph.
113
posted on
02/15/2010 3:38:04 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: mojitojoe
Lol! Looks like “Wilt The Silt”’s sneakers!
114
posted on
02/15/2010 3:39:00 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
To: Ezekiel
I need to take a picture of a product Ive seen at a local store. Its a shoe insert that promises to correct bow legs.Someone must have told her that standing with her legs spread apart would make them look like they aren't bowlegged. It doesn't work - they are very bowlegged. She needs longer skirts and someone with some sense of fashion - 'cause she's got NONE.
116
posted on
02/15/2010 3:43:41 PM PST
by
SCalGal
(Friends don't let friends donate to H$U$ or PETA.)
To: dfwgator
117
posted on
02/15/2010 3:49:16 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Stoat
she always looks so pissed off.
118
posted on
02/15/2010 3:49:58 PM PST
by
ronniesgal
( I miss George Bush. Hell, I miss Bill Clinton!!)
To: mojitojoe
Have those been photoshopped, or are her feet really that big?
To: evets
WTH is she wearing? She looks ridiculous!!
120
posted on
02/15/2010 3:51:22 PM PST
by
ronniesgal
( I miss George Bush. Hell, I miss Bill Clinton!!)
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