He was born in Argentina and lived there until moving to Sylmar in San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles at age eight.
[3] Fernandez first started experimenting with clothing in high school, combining shirts and sweaters and stitching their labels on the outside.
"[2] He was interested in Mustache Mondays, an LGBTQ night club where people would make their entire outfit to go to, and began wearing engineered models on his head there.
"[5] Along with his hats, Fernandez also worked for the main promotor of Mustache Mondays, Ignacio "Nacho" Nava, Junior.
[2][3][4] Fernandez has worked with many contemporary musical artists, some including Lady Gaga, Sam Sparro, Scissor Sisters and Beyoncé Knowles.
This piece is among several that Fernandez and Mensa had collaborated on together including trousers that stated five names of black-women who died in prison in July 2015.
His work for Mensa at the VMAs, Video Music Awards, marked the 5-year anniversary of his meat dress for Lady Gaga.
[2][3][12][14] He and his collaborative assistant Lyndsea LaMarr made up the design as they went along, seeing which cuts would best fit which areas, as "there is not much plan [sic] you can do with such an organic material.
[20] The reaction to the dress was mixed, earning ire from animal rights groups such as PETA, and attempts to analyze it from various media outlets.
I got tons of hate-mail, love-mail, and "meat dress" was a top Twitter topic for three days straight.
"[8] Fernandez was pleased with the reception of the dress, saying "I feel like I have a voice now as an artist and as a designer,"[18] and that it gave him a larger audience.
[8] In 2020, Fernandez redid the meat dress for Lady Gaga to wear again for a video urging citizens to vote.