Monse creative director’s Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim are also the creative directors of Oscar de la Renta, and have until now tried to keep Monse’s deconstructive perspective separate from Oscar’s elegance. This season, they blended the two through sporty insouciance. “The undergarments of Oscar became the garments of Monse,” Garcia said.
During COVID, the directors learned about food insecurity in the city, which Kim never even imagined could happen in such a big city. “We had worked with City Harvest before COVID with the Oscar de la Renta team, but I didn’t really understand the important part of it. We wanted to give back to the city that we love; New York City gave us so much, and food is very close to my heart.” Garcia adds, “Since we had a platform of a kind, we decided to use it for what we love the most: food.
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