This Spanish fashion designer and gifted fabric expert creates subtle, understated, contemporary clothing.

Purificación García was born in a Galician village in northwest Spain, but moved to Uruguay, where she learnt her trademark expertise in materials while working for a textile company. After her own collection met with critical acclaim at Milan in 1989, Purificación García has expanded her elegant style into men and women’s ready-to-wear, perfume, eyewear and other accessories.