In the latest installment of our video series that goes inside the private working worlds of designers, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim, co-creative directors of Oscar de la Renta, talk about taking over the corner office, their arguments over waists, and how Hillary Clinton helped them at an emotional time. And that’s what didn’t make it on screen. This interview has been edited and condensed.

Where are we?

Fernando Garcia We are in the offices of Oscar de la Renta in Times Square. We inherited Oscar’s office, which is a little bittersweet but still amazing. Sixty percent of our time is spent outside of this particular office, working with our team and having fittings. The other 40 percent we spend here, researching or having private meetings and things of that sort.

Laura Kim Arguing. Privately.

You have a complicated history with the brand. You both worked here for more than a decade, left to start Monse just before Oscar died, and returned a year later after Peter Copping, whom he had chosen to be his heir, resigned. Did you change much when you moved in?

FG No. We’re not the fanciest people you’ll meet, so we just have our basic necessities: my phone, my music, the screen with Pinterest or whatever.