Is Monse really designing one of Taylor Swift’s wedding dresses? All you need to know about the brand
Founders Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia previously dressed the pop star for Selena Gomez’s wedding, when they were at Oscar de la Renta
The pop music icon, who has a penchant for writing love songs, is surely not missing out on the right white gown for her big day. With designers like Dior’s Jonathan Anderson reportedly preparing a bridal masterpiece for Mrs Kelce-to-be, the bar is sky high. However, he’s not the only one competing for his place at the wedding, rumoured to be held in the iconic Madison Square Garden. With Swift having worn a custom black dress by Monse to a concert in Nashville just last week, rumours are flying that she could wear a dress by the New York-based fashion brand to her wedding, too.
How did Monse’s Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia meet?
Kim and Garcia first met when they were working at Oscar de la Renta. Kim got the job after a successful internship for the Dominican-born, New York-based designer’s brand, while Garcia directly reached out to the fellow Dominican, reportedly heading straight to the beachfront where de la Renta was hanging out to show him some of his sketches.
In a 2021 interview with the SCMP’s PostMag, Garcia recalled how de la Renta immediately mentioned Kim when they first met: “Oscar always had this amazing sense of intuition, so I think he obviously knew something. Eventually he paired us together in his design studio and she became the yin to my yang. I was all about the fantastical and evening wear while Laura was more focused on practicality and what women wanted to wear every day.”
The designers have since become best friends. “18 birthdays together!!! Thanx for being my bestie. Always adding little rainbow sprinkles, drama and bit of chaos to my day, be bored without them,” Kim wrote in her birthday post to Garcia on Instagram last year.