Fernando Garcia

Fernando Garcia was born and raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Drawn to the creative field and fascinated with fashion at an early age, hewent on to study architecture at the prestigious Chicago University, Notre Dame. He then found the opportunity to meet Mr. de la Renta to show him abook of his sketches. This led to an internship, honing his craftsmanship skills and ultimately becoming principal designer.Fernando began his career at Oscar de la Renta, working at the company until 2015 whenhe and fellow Co-Creative Director, Laura Kim, left to foundMonse. Laura and Fernando returned to the house as Co-Creative Directors, debuting their Fall 2017 collection in February 2017.