![]() It doesn’t feel like you’re in New York, but you’re in New York, so you’re cheating. And it’s really beautiful, and it’s serene inside. We usually just check into a hotel in New York.įernando: We’re lazy. I honestly love staycations because I get anxiety when I travel too far or stay away from work too long. I don’t care if anybody here is rolling their eyes.įernando: Maybe the Greenwich Hotel. ![]() I always thought that they’re kind of nice.įernando: I think I’ll go with a 1990 old green Jeep Cherokee. If you were a car, what kind of car would you be? Laura: I was just listening to “Apocalypse” by Cigarettes After Sex.įernando: London Grammar, “Non Believer.” What are your favorite accounts to follow on Instagram?įernando: your favorite song on your playlist right now? I’ll never wear a jumpsuit.įernando: Instagram, that’s the answer for both of us. You need to find a better answer.įernando: There you go. Laura: I would wear anything, to be honest.įernando: No. Laura: You sure you have your Tom Ford book? It was a nice display book, so I took it.įernando: He’s the reason I started in fashion. I think he’s one of the best architects around right now. I love The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places anything Horst and the book of Robert A. That’s the only one I really, really love.įernando: If I had a coffee table … My favorites are the Tom Ford one and one Oscar did before he passed that was beautiful. ![]() Laura: There’s a book I got from my mom of Alber Elbaz’s ten-year anniversary when he was at Lanvin. What are some coffee-table books that you would be proud to display? I usually bill half to Fernando.įernando: She just buys a spa certificate and then tells me about it after, and I have to pay for it.ĭo you prefer mood lighting or natural light?įernando: Mood light. Laura: I usually write notes, or on a special day I’ll send Greenwich-spa gift certificates. Read on for the full interview.įernando: A hand-written note on Smythson stationary. “She said, whatever you do, just make sure you have - excuse my French - a fucking stellar team.” Below, the design duo spoke to the Cut about what they’d never wear, their mutual Instagram obsession, and why they prefer staycations. “I remember when the idea to do two lines at once was coming up, I happened to be in a meeting with Kate Young,” Garcia recalls. How do they manage the work of creative-directing two brands at once? Garcia says the trick is collaboration. It proved a wise move for the brand: Kim and Garcia’s debut collection, comprising color-saturated gowns and a ladied-up take on the asymmetrical tailoring they’re known for at Monse, was one of the most anticipated acts of New York Fashion Week this past February. Scarcely two years later, the house of Oscar de la Renta wooed them back - this time to be at the helm. The line was an immediate favorite among fashion editors and celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Amal Clooney. ![]() de la Renta’s passing, left their jobs to start Monse together. The two crossed wires about the internship’s start date, and Kim was surprised one day to arrive at work and find Garcia sitting at her desk.ĭespite this inauspicious beginning, the two became great collaborators, and in 2015, after Mr. “He said he was calling from Notre Dame, which is a school, but I thought he was coming from a church in Paris,” Kim recalls. de la Renta in Punta Cana, called Kim, then Oscar’s design director, to see if he could intern. (At Monse: twisty shirting and deconstructed menswear vibes at Oscar: youthful takes on suiting and eveningwear, which recently included a jean jacket.) Even the story of how they met is rife with humor. The two have a banter-filled rapport that fuels their playfully elegant designs. Kim says of their dichotomy, “I think it helps us make our ideas better.” In this case, opposites do very much attract. “I put fantasy before everything,” responds Garcia. “I put comfort before everything,” Kim says. Korean-born Kim prizes ease and masculinity Garcia, who was raised in the Dominican Republic, prefers all things frilly and feminine. Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, the designers behind Oscar de la Renta and Monse, have a “You say tomayto, I say tomahto” partnership. ![]()
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