Tommie Hernandez

This FIT graduate got her bachelor’s degree in Architecture before she decided to combine it with fashion design. After interning at renowned Irish designer Daryl K’s studio in SoHo, she returned to Puerto Rico in 1999, and since then established her line of swimwear and clothing, inspired by the beautiful beaches of her sunny island. She has presented her collections in numerous fashion shows, among them: the Puerto Rico High Fashion Week for several seasons, Panama Fashion Week, sharing the runway with more than a dozen of Latin America’s best designers, the Chicago Latino Fashion Week, and The Big Casting, in Orlando Florida. Tommie has been the designer of the official swimsuits of many beauty pageants, including Miss Puerto Rico Universe, Miss World Puerto Rico, Miss Puerto Rico Teen and Miss Puerto Rico Petite, among others. Local and international celebrities have worn her designs, TV presenters Rashel Diaz and Shanira Blanco, former MTV’s TRL presenter Vanessa Minnillo, and America’s Next Top Model winner, Caridee English. For five years, she taught at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. Her work has been shown in local and international newspapers and magazines, among them: California Apparel News, Waterwear Magazine, The Swim Journal, Imagen, Belleza y Salud, EGO, and Buena Vida Swimsuit Issue just to name a few. Tommie sells her lines of teen and adult clothing, in exclusive boutiques in Puerto Rico, and custom makes swimsuits, cover-ups and dresses for her exclusive clientele in her boutique-atelier located in her hometown of Mayagüez.