Originally born in Barranquilla, Colombia, Nina Garcia is currently the Fashion Director at Marie Claire magazine. To many, she may be best know as the unerring, formidable fashion judge on the Peabody Award winning hit show, Project Runway, which will start taping its tenth season, and is aired in over 13 different countries around the world. A recipient of the 2010 Oracle Award organized by the NGO Fashion Group International (FGI), Nina is a New York Times bestselling author of four books on style: The Little Black Book of Style, The One Hundred, The Style Strategy and Nina Garcia’s Look Book.

 Responsible for covering the designer fashion markets of New York, Milan and Paris, Nina is a voice of authority in the industry, and has cultivated an adoring fan-base of fashion “insiders” as well as those in the general market who flock to her appearances around the country.