Maria Pinto is a Chicago-based designer responsible for, among other designs, the purple dress Michelle Obama wore while giving her husband the Terrorist Fist Jab seen ‘round the world. Her designs strike a balance between structured and romantic, much...

Mexican-American designer Louis Verdad got his start designing quinceañera dresses in Atlanta but, for some reason, decided he’d rather squander that awesomely prestigious gig to design for movie stars. To each his own, we guess: He started a small...