Designer Willy Chavarria joinsJose Criales-UnzuetaonThe Run-Throughthis week for an intimate conversation ahead of his show duringNew York Fashion Week.
I want us to see ourselves as people with power who can make things happen, he says.
The civil rights and farm labor movementsChavarrias own grandfather was a farm laborerhelped to inform this new collection.
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But Chavarrias vision of inclusion, and elevating the everyday, has been consistent throughout his career.
For previous shows, he has eschewed modeling agencies, opting to street cast his shows instead.
That is really the guts of what I like to create.
