FIDM Alumna Lourdes Garcia is Featured On Denver Fashion Beat

FIDM Alumna Lourdes Garcia is the designer behind the Denver-based Lourdes Rios brand. Denver Fashion Beat has a fantastic story on Lourdes and her artisanal label.

"Once upon a time, a girl name Lourdes learned to construct garments while watching her cousin cut and sew without a mannequin, her hands instinctively moving through fabric and trimmings as if they had a mind of their own. And so Lourdes decided to go to design school. Being the daughter of immigrant parents in Los Angeles, her father opposed such an idea and tried to dissuade her from such a fanciful, seemingly fruitless idea. But the design bug had bitten her too deeply, and she enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles to perfect the trade she learned at her cousin’s knee. And thus, one of Denver’s most promising designers evolved."

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