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We are the co-creative directors of Oscar de La Renta
and the co-founders of Monse.
There's something magical about being able to give someone
more confidence, to feel empowered because of what
we designed for them.
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I love seeing people in pretty clothes,
making them feel better when they're in a beautiful dress
or well-made suit.
I love it for myself too.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Gorgeous.
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And the Swarovski Award for emerging talent
is Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia.
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My love for fashion started from as a very young kid.
I was in love with the film industry.
And my mother and I would watch movies,
and then she would show me what the red carpets would
be like for the premiers or the Oscars.
That's when I started to notice that there was more to it
than just a dress on a girl.
And I would create a connection to that movie.
So that's how I started investigating
who every designer at that time was,
the John Galliano's and Nicholas Ghesquiere, Albert, Tom Ford.
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It was kind of natural for me to choose fashion.
From a very creative family.
My dad's an architect.
My grandfather was an architect.
My mom's parents, who babysat me all the time,
they are in textiles.
So they're the ones who bought me fabric,
got me fashion magazines.
We used to go fabric shopping together.
And I remember going to fabric market
to pick up fabrics when I was like four years old.
So that's how it started for me.
I actually never thought about doing anything else.
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I have sketched since I was eight years old.
I didn't think that it would be a future.
My father was able to connect me to Oscar through a very
loving family friend of ours.
And he offered me an internship after he saw some sketches.
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And when I was 18 I moved to New York to go to college.
I started interning at Oscar my third year in college.
I was very shy.
And I didn't really get his attention first couple
of months.
But one of the assistants asked me to help do a little project.
And Oscar was like, who is this girl?
And that's how Oscar and I actually
started to have conversation.
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It's different, so I like it.
He recognized what I do.
I can make clothes on my own.
I don't need sample room, I didn't need any help.
If I have an idea, I could create it and show him.
And I think he really appreciated that.
We started working together as--
I was designer, and Fernando was my intern.
This the beginning piece are the best.
We were constantly challenging each other.
Even though he was my intern, he would not shy away
from telling me something.
Right away, we realized that we were probably
the only people in the room that were
telling each other the harsh truths every single moment.
And then we sort of leaned in on that.
And we both kept just trying to push ourselves to make the best
possible product that we could.
And now we have the same title and work relationship,
friendship, all of it.
I think it's just getting better.
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Oscar was not just a designer.
He was a legend.
This time you really did bang.
Thank you.
That was a bang.
Thank you.
My love.
That looks--
Lovely.
What type of belt?
A jewel buckle or tailored?
Well, I don't know.
I was thinking of it actually.
If we put a jewel buckle that in a way will take--
I shouldn't have done that.
This should stay that way.
And that actually this, it should
remain very simple, just the color contrast without using--
Fantastico.
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LAURA KIM: Oscar was the go-to designer for some
of Hollywood's biggest stars.
And he was a celebrity in his own right,
who had such a huge impact on the fashion world.
There's nothing like that moment when Oscar would
say to us, that is pretty.
Make that dress.
There was nothing like that.
You were a rock star that night.
So when we got the job as a creative director,
my biggest fear was filling his shoes as a person more
than a designer.
He was such a amazing person to his friends,
to people in the industry.
That's very hard.
And I don't know if we will ever get there, but we're trying.
FERNANDO GARCIA: There was a sense of respect
that everyone in the industry had for him and love.
That is the energy that I felt as soon as I walked in
through those doors.
He makes sure every one in the room is engaged,
happy to be there, happy to help out.
FERNANDO GARCIA: It's never felt like we have to be Oscar
but we have to become our own Oscars.
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Thanks for coming to all of my shows.
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FERNANDO GARCIA: In this MasterClass,
we're going to teach you how Laura and I work together,
how we design a collection.
Let me just get a little bit of that side sag.
We're going to do fittings.
OK.
You ready?
We're going to do collection editing.
The way Fernando starts his process by sketching
and the way I start my process by draping or cutting fabric,
I think it will be very interesting for people
to see how things can be approached differently.
And we're also going to talk about how when you are stuck
somewhere creatively, how you can come out
of it through the collaboration that Laura and I constantly
have.
LAURA KIM: We're going to talk about what it's
like to launch a business--
the biggest pain points, and how by working together we
created a company that we're really proud of.
You're going to learn how Laura and I collaborate,
how we build a team, how we get excited about things, how we
lean on each other when the other one's weak,
which can apply to any field.
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LAURA KIM: This MasterClass is not just for fashion students,
but also for people who want to start a business
with a partner in any industry.
Everybody shares different world but very similar problems
at the end of the day.
And we can definitely shine some light
on what it's like to work with a partner
constantly and flow through your problems and come out winning.
I'm Laura Kim.
I'm Fernando Garcia.
BOTH: And this is MasterClass.
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