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46 || FASHION MAGAZINE || NOV - DEC 2017Internationally renowned Designerw w w . g o m e z - g r a c i a . c o m IG: @gomezgracia | FB: www.facebook.com/GomezGraciaLondonPATRICIAGOMEZ-GRACIAby: Denise Smith bevy of beautifully dressed women, sitting shoulder to shoulder in a darkened nondescript room. Rhythmic music has settled into the very beat of your heart and enquiring eyes focus on the art that unfolds on the runway, offering the rooms only light. Statuesque models clad in fabrics that are %u201clined in silk, so they not only look gorgeous, but feel it too.%u201d Patricia Gomez - Gracia, the Spanish born fashion designer provides a candid look into her creative world of style and class.Following after her fashionable mother, Patricia has always been a creative force. Her fashion is a direct reflection of her world travels from Miami to New York and London%u2019s west end which she now calls her adoptive home. Establishing itself as one to watch, Gomez-Gracia provides the very highest level of skill that she learned working among some of the fashion greats. MOST Celebrity spoke with the maven about designing around a fabric selection and empowering the women who embrace her work.Born in Spain%u2019s elegant capital city of Madrid, how long did you live in your native country? What did your family do for a living? Are you from a large family?I left Madrid when I was two years old as my parents moved to Miami, Fl. I spent my summers in Spain growing up in order to ensure I knew my heritage. I have one older brother and sister. My mother was a real estate agent, my father was in commercial real estate.What were some of your interests as a young girl? Can you describe when fashion became a thing for you or how did it manifest itself?Fashion has been a thing since day one. My mother has told me stories of me going into