CLAUDIA
GARZÓN MARTIN
IS A COLOMBIAN TEXTILE AND FASHION DESIGNER LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE HAS MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SIGNATURE COLLECTION DESIGN AND COUTURE BRIDAL DESIGN
CLAUDIA HAS WORKED FOR DESIGNER BRANDS IN COLOMBIA
SUCH AS FARIDE RAMOS AND JUAN PABLO SOCARRAS. WORKING WITH FASHION STYLIST FRANKLIN RAMOS, SHE DESIGNED AND CREATED COSTUMES FOR FORMER MISS UNIVERSE PAULINA VEGA. HER DESIGNS HAVE APPEARED IN PICTON MAGAZINE (THE NETHERLANDS), MALVIE MAGAZINE (FRANCE) AND FADDY MAGAZINE (ITALY).
CLAUDIA’S IDENTITY AS A DESIGNER WAS SHAPED BY HER EARLY WORK AT COLOMBIA’S TOP BRIDAL HOUSES, INCLUDING RAMIRO`S ALTA COSTURA AND NATHALIA ORDOÑEZ NOVIAS. SHE GRADUATED IN FASHION DESIGN FROM CUN (NATIONAL UNIFIED HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION), ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN DESIGN SCHOOLS IN COLOMBIA. SHE HAS ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN FASHION STYLING, TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY AND COLOR CONCEPT.
CLAUDIA’S EARLY LOVE OF FASHION, HER DEDICATION TO CRAFTSMANSHIP AND HER AESTHETIC SENSE WERE INSPIRED BY HER MOTHER, A SELF-TAUGHT DRESSMAKER WHO WORKED FROM HOME. FROM THE AGE OF 12, CLAUDIA WORKED ALONGSIDE HER MOTHER AFTER SCHOOL, CUTTING OUT PATTERNS AND SEWING DRESSES FOR HER MOTHER’S CLIENTS IN BOGOTÁ, THE CAPITAL OF COLOMBIA.
- AS A DESIGNER, CLAUDIA IS PASSIONATE ABOUT INSPIRING
- PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES WITH FASHION AND DESIGN.
- SHE IS ALSO COMMITTED TO USING HER TALENT TO HELP ARTISTS
- AND MUSICIANS STAND OUT AND GROW THEIR CAREERS.
ON A PRO BONO BASIS, CLAUDIA DESIGNS CLOTHING AND COSTUMES THAT MAKE LASTING IMPRESSIONS AT PERFORMANCES AND APPEARANCES. SHE HOPES TO SCALE THIS EFFORT BY PARTNERING WITH FASHION HOUSES THAT WANT TO BUILD THEIR BRANDS BY DESIGNING FOR THE CREATIVE TALENT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.