Designer Maria Pinto Keeps Quiet on Michelle Obama's Inaugural Attire, Promises to Stay in Chicago

As we read before, there’s something much larger than a loud, constant buzz out there right now wondering just who Michelle Obama will pick to design her inaugural ball attire. And who better to hit up again than Maria Pinto, the Chicagoan who designed several of Obama’s outfits for big stops during last year’s endless campaign (even though she got snubbed on election night when the soon-to-be-First Lady went with Narciso Rodriguez‘s controversial fiery little number).