Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia to Depart Oscar de la Renta – Latest Fashion Trends & Style Tips September 18, 2025 at 02:02AM

📰 Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia to Depart Oscar de la Renta

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Designers Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, who have served as co-creative directors at Oscar de la Renta for nearly a decade, are leaving the brand, a rep confirmed Wednesday. Puck's Lauren Sherman was first to report the news. Per Sherman, employees were notified on Wednesday afternoon. 

The design partners have headed up the label since 2016, but are now planning to focus solely on their brand Monse. According to Sherman's reporting, Oscar de la Renta's Fall 2026 show next February will be the pair's final; they're also set to create a pre-fall collection for the brand's 60th anniversary celebration in December of this year.

Both Kim and Garcia have been with ODLR from early on in their careers, making this the end of a fashion era, in many ways. Kim started with the company in 2003 while she was still in college; Garcia came on several years later as an intern at the company. They became co-creative directors in 2016, after starting Monse. So the Oscar de la Renta legacy runs deep for the two. "I think we're broadening the customer base, but it was a customer Oscar always had," Kim told Fashionista in a 2017 interview shortly after the pair made their creative directorial debut. Garcia added that their goal was to incorporate "Oscarisms," updating them and "giving them a little bit of a new life, so that we don't alienate the very healthy customer base Oscar currently has" at the time.

Sherman reported that she spoke with Oscar de la Renta CEO Alex Bolen this week to discuss the change in more detail; head to Puck to read her full account.

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