Friday night at American Cathedral in Paris for Mexican-American menswear designer Willy Chavarria did him paris fashion week Debut – a fitting venue, to say the least, for this year’s transatlantic entry for back-to-back CFDA menswear designers.
Within the venue’s sacred walls, Chavarria reveals a fall 2025 collection titled “tarantula,” powered by his unique vision: a symbol that realizes his own historically underrepresented underdogs Symbols of his biracial heritage, his biracial identity as a descendant of an Irish-American mother and a Mexican-American father, and his working-class roots among immigrant farmers in California’s San Joaquin Valley To grow, to be in awe of others going through the same experience.
Romance was rampant on Chavarria’s runways, with rose-colored blazers, fancy Western hats and sensual dressing. Intermediate program, J Balvin Appear in the captain’s tuxedo for an intimate solo. his partner, Valentina FerrerMost recently co-starred in Chavarria Fall 2024 campaign Adorable eyes on her Colombian reggaeton lover from backstage.
Throughout workwear and sportswear, the designer’s unmistakable bold proportions were elevated by Italian fabrics including silk, velvet, bouclé and double-faced cashmere. The color palette – a baroque mixture of luxurious golds, vibrant blues, intense crimsons and majestic plums – shines on the designer’s eclectic cast. , hairy lower backs and non-binary people.
Backstage, a model who works as a pizza boy every day in New York City explains that Chavarria’s team tracked him down through a viral video he shot at Scarr’s on the Lower East Side A fresh pie. “It’s incredible to be part of such a big move. There aren’t a lot of Latinos in Paris, so it feels good to be represented,” he said. “This is my first time on any runway.” Chavarria’s performance is impactful because of stories like this. His muses were very real people.
Elsewhere, Chavarria competes with Adidaswhich includes a ’90s-inspired lifestyle collection for men and women, complete with combat-booted sneakers. The designer worked with Return Suppliers, the first single-substance label using a fully recyclable product brought back to the facing mesh, to create the glasses. He collaborated with the South Central Project to create four silk scarves, a photo essay by photographer Carlos Jaramillo, Light your Camino.
In total, several acts of the collection build a ubiquitous wardrobe made of resist, charoscuro and Finesse shapes. “When the thunder breaks, it breaks with me.” “Under the hairy paradise, my kisses are as soft and tender as the hair of a tarantula.” Well, like a tarantula, Chavarria’s Paris debut The debut sent a seductive chill down the cathedral’s spine.
See Willy Chavarria’s Fall/Winter 2025 collection in the gallery above, and stay tuned to Hypebeast for more Paris Fashion Week coverage.
