GARCIAS Makes History at Milan Fashion Week With a Love Letter to the Latin Diaspora
Nicolas Martin Garcia didn’t just show a collection at Milan Fashion Week. He brought an entire neighborhood with him. On June 20, GARCIAS made its runway debut at Milan Fashion Week, entering the official calendar of Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana with its Spring/Summer 2027 collection, titled Si lo crees, lo creas — Latin Dreamers.
Garcia is the first Colombian designer to join the CNMI official calendar, a moment that carries the full weight of what it means to build something at the intersection of two cultures and make it undeniable.
Born in Colombia and raised in Italy, Garcia has spent his career developing a brand at the crossroads of Latin heritage, Italian craftsmanship, and a global streetwear sensibility. Latin Dreamers is the most personal expression of that identity yet.
The collection begins with a childhood photograph of the designer himself, which sets the emotional tone for everything that follows. The color palette reads like a Caribbean morning, sky blue, cream, écru, powder pink, butter yellow, faded indigo, caramel, and tobacco, punctuated by coral and terracotta.
Silhouettes are relaxed but precise: tailored knee-length bermuda shorts with pleats, fluid wide-leg trousers, ribbed tank tops, oversized hooded outerwear, cropped cardigans, washed denim shirt jackets, and knitted poncho vests, a wardrobe that feels both lived-in and refined.
The collection’s most compelling quality is its dialogue between two worlds. Textures inspired by Wayuu traditions are rendered through crochet constructions. Patterns derived from traditional Andean ruanas sit alongside linen, premium cottons, and Italian tailoring techniques. Faded denim arrives with crystal embroidery. Silk shirts carry motifs drawn from late nineteenth-century Colombian banknotes. A brown satin sash adorned with a hand-applied silver crystal flower, worn low over flowing cream trousers, captures the collection’s spirit perfectly, artisanal precision in service of something deeply personal. Accessories complete the world: layered pearl necklaces and chains, crochet hats, bandanas, and the brand’s monogram embroidered in gold thread and crystals.
But Latin Dreamers is more than a collection of clothes. The show’s scenography was conceived as a full-scale reconstruction of a Latin American neighborhood, a living urban landscape populated by musicians, street vendors, dancers, artists, families, and everyday characters.
The runway itself became a narrative environment, a collective story about origins, memory, and belonging. Spanish phrases woven throughout the collection, Si lo crees, lo creas, Todo lo que soñamos se va a lograr, ¿Y si todo sale bien?, read as affirmations of hope and self-determination for a generation that has had to build identity across borders.
Religious iconography, cumbia and salsa, family traditions, and nightlife energy all coexist within the same narrative thread.
Check out images from the show below.
