Fashion Designer Maria Pinto Hired as Creative Director of Luxury Retailer Mark Shale

Last year when fashion designer Maria Pinto filed for bankruptcy and was forced to close her Chicago-based clothing line, we assumed she’d land back on her feet sometime in the near future. After all, being a longtime favorite of both Michelle Obama‘s and Oprah Winfrey‘s and joining the Council of Fashion Designers of America certainly lends your talents more than a bit of industry cachet. And now it appears she’s finally found a new home, with the announcement that she’s