I grew up with a fashion-obsessed mother and an older sister, so there was a lot of fashion in my house. The first thing I remember owning was a Pierre Cardin jumpsuit when I was 9 or 10; of course I didn't actually buy it, but I fell in love with it.

Journalism
After leaving Marc Jacobs Garcia moved to Mirabella where Nina Garcia worked as Assistant Stylist and Market Editor until taking a position at Elle. Garcia's third book The Style Strategy was publiNina Garciad in September 2009.

Nina García (born May 3 1965) is a Colombian fashion journalist and critic who has held the post of Fashion Director at Elle and Marie Claire magazines and has been a judge on the Lifetime reality television program Project Runway since its premiere season.