Ninotchia Nina Garcia is a critic and fashion journalist of Colombian origins. She held the positions of fashion director for different magazines like Marie Claire and Elle. She is the judge for a lifetime reality show called Project Runway. She was born in Barranquilla in Colombia and her father was a wealthy importer. She went to Dana High school in Massachusetts and then she went to Boston University. Afterwards she went to Esmod, Ecole Superieur de la Mode of Paris and afterwards she got a bachelor in fashion merchandise with the Fashion Institute of Technology. She started the career in the industries in the early 1980s and she was working for public relations with Perris Ellis and the designer who was working for him for that time called Marc Jacobs.
After working with Marc, she joined Mirabella where she was working like a market director and assistant stylist before she got a position of working with Elle. She got the role of working as a fashion director and afterwards she got the role of editor at large, her role was renewed from time to time. After spending 13 years with Elle she started to work for Marie Claire where she became Fashion editor in 2008. She is now in charge of the fashion coverage of the magazine and she oversees the fashion department. She is in charge of covering the fashion weeks of Paris, New York and Milan. She is considered to be an authority when it comes to fashion. She has been called to participate in many interviews. She was been promoted at Marie Claire and she was given the title of Creative Director. She worked as a judge of Project Runway from the day it started with Season one and she was the judge for Miss Universe of Mexico City of 2007.
She is author of four books. The little black book was the first book and it was translated into Spanish and Portuguese. The second book is called The One Hundred: A guide To the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must own, the third book was The Style Strategy that was published in the year 2009 and the Nina Garcia’s Look Book.
Nina Garcia’s husband is called David Conrod. He is a managing partner and the co-founder for the G2 Investment Group. They live in Upper East Side of Manhattan where they bought a three- bedroom apartment. She has two children, one is a son born in the year 2007 and he is called Lucas Alexander Conrod and the second child is Alexander David Conrod and he was born in 2010. She gave birth to the second child when she was already 43 years old.
She was given the Oracle Award in the year 2010, during the Night of Stars Gala. This is the event that was organized by the NGO Fashion Group International. Her net worth is 3 million dollars. She has subscription boxes that are related to fashion with a box for travel.
Birth Date: | 3 May, 1965 |
Age: | 54 yrs |
Occupations: | Journalist Reality television Fashion designer |
Citizenship: | Colombia |
Birth Place: | Barranquilla |
Education: | Boston University Fashion Institute of Technology |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | Colombian fashion journalist and reality TV judge |
Twitter Id: | Ninagarcia |
Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |