When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black Chanel jacket. It saw many, many job interviews and many, many events. I'm not fitting into it lately, but I still have 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.