Nina Garcia life and biography

Nina García is a Colombian fashion journalist and critic who has held the post of Fashion Director at Elle and Marie Claire magazines, and is currently a judge on the Lifetime reality television program Project Runway.

Garcia began her career in the fashion industry in the early 1980s. She worked in the public relations department for Perry Ellis and its then-designer, Marc Jacobs.
After leaving Marc Jacobs, Garcia moved to Mirabella where she worked as Assistant Stylist and Market Editor, until taking a position at Elle.
She became Fashion Director of Elle in 2000.Garcia left the Fashion Director position in April 2008, becoming Editor-at-Large at the magazine until the end of August.
On April 2008, Us Weekly reported that Garcia left her post as fashion director of Elle. Garcia's contract was reportedly up for renewal. Roberta Myers, Vice President/Editor-in-Chief at the magazine, announced May 15, 2008 that they had entered a new agreement with Nina Garcia who was named Editor-at-Large through September 1, 2008.
She had spent 13 years at Elle and been Fashion Director for the past eight years. She began her new position as Fashion Director of Marie Claire on September 2, 2008.
Garcia currently oversees the fashion coverage for the magazine and runs the fashion department. She also covers the designer fashion markets of New York, Milan and Paris, and is relied upon as a fashion authority and has participated in numerous television interviews.

Garcia has been a judge on Project Runway since Season 1.

Garcia is the author of four best-selling books.On September 5, 2007, Garcia's book, The Little Black Book of Style (Harper Collins) was released. The book is in its eighth printing and has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
On August 26, 2008, Garcia's second book for Harper Collins, The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own was released, with eight printings at the launch. Garcia's third book, The Style Strategy was published in September 2009. Nina Garcia’s Look Book was published in September 2010.

She lives in New York City and is married to David Conrod. She gave birth to a boy, Lucas Alexander Conrod in March 2007 and another son, Alexander David Conrod in november 2010.

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