About me
Maria Pinto is a contemporary American designer and artist who creates versatile fashion with a modern, urban edge. She is passionate about designing clothing that makes today’s woman feel powerful and confident, and has dressed some of the world’s most fashionable women, including First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. Most recently, designs from M2057 by Maria Pinto were featured on the hit show, Empire.
Maria launched M2057 in 2013 by raising more than $270,000 on Kickstarter, becoming the crowdfunding platform’s most successful womenswear campaign at that time. In addition to designing M2057 and her previous Maria Pinto luxury label, Maria has designed fashions for the Joffrey Ballet and the James Hotel in Chicago, and the Skylark Bar in New York.