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With regard to the criticism of the Fashion Week, the pushback of the President of El Salvador would generally not be a main concern for most designers.
But this unlikely emergency was what Willy Chavarria had confronted after showing his collection in the Parisian men on June 27th in the Paris Men’s Week. At the beginning of the show, men of different ethnic groups went on the runway with shaved heads and purely white outfits, knelt down and weighed their torsos and heads as they put behind their hands behind their hands.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who was not on the show, interpreted this assembly as recalled photos of El Salvador’s terrorism restriction. In this maximum certainty known as Cecot, US President Donald Trump sent hundreds of immigrants who have been deported from the USA
According to this fact, Bukele publicly criticized the show on X and proposed to send prisoners from El Salvador’s largest prison to the Paris fashion week. Chavarria said on Wednesday that he was learning for the first time about his PR team’s pushback. “My first thought was:” Amazing advertising for my brand. Thanks. Amazing global reach, “he said.
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“Unfortunately we live in a very divided world. I think that everyone who is an artist will receive a kind of comment from people who may not align themselves with their ideas. But for me the art is the primary expression. I don’t attack anyone.
The creative Mexican -American creative said that the show was meant “to emphasize the meaning of an undeniable fact that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity. This is really the basis of the brand. At this moment when we see the deterioration and deterioration of care around the world, I had no choice other than what we see in the United States.”
The show’s stylist, Carlos Nazario, rejected it on Wednesday, according to his agent at Art Partner Audrey Houssin. The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la mode, which monitors the Paris fashion week, rejected a statement.
The designer said that his decision to name the show “Huron” was made five months ago when the collection was developed five months ago. It was not just about Chavarria’s history, but also about how “people who come from immigrant communities really thrive and the world can give the world the most incredible talent, music, color, fashion and art,” he said. “I really wanted to celebrate that in this collection. I wanted it to be positive and full of life.”
He continued: “But the time for the show, we see some of the most terrible things in the United States, with the disappearance of people and families that are separated – absolute horror. I refer to ice [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] And those who pretend to be ice cream and those who simply behave in terrible, racistically charged ways to attack immigrants. “
The designer said that he had added a part to the show that spoke about it, and enables people to challenge the status quo and give space to a better world by starting with these who are in power positions. Cecot was only part of the statement. It was not just about Cecot or El Salvador. It is about this question that people are dehumanized, and it is a broader discussion about dehumanization. It can be seen that people like me are completely dehumanized worldwide. “
The white shirts and the white shorts that wore the models were made by a partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union. Representatives did not respond to media inquiries.
Chavarria said the “very Los Angeles and very chicana look” was used to symbolize the simplicity of a fashion look that was targeted. And the men were all in white to present an innocence, “he said. “These men represented innocent men who have been kidnapped. The parallels of Cecot were very lively adopted with this President of El Salvador to really connect to what he does. Of course it is a much broader statement. Anyone who is artistic expression on what happens in El Salvador tries to negotiate the conversation.”
Above all, Chavarria said he tries to show that “this disrespect for humanity that we see globally and this with the incredible talent and expression of me and everyone who participates in my work.”
This includes all the models that entered the show, all talents that put it together, and the immigrants who manufacture and wash the clothes, he said. This comment not only applies to its brand, but also to the fashion business in general, said Chavarria.
The Runway Show last week contained the third episode of the Adidas Originals X Willy Chavarria Collaboration, which included T-shirts that were turned upside down with “America”. Adidas managers did not confirm media inquiries.
The designer said: “Adidas and I work together so that the expression of the show was always what it was. This political reaction was something over -loving by the President of El Savador, who may have decided on the fault or who knows what? For me, this has no effect on my business.”
Bringing his parents and a few relatives into the runway show of the past week was a highlight, said the designer, who was still in Paris on Wednesday. “You are so proud of me. It was so powerful and special. It was a nice moment for her and for me to have her here. I was just surrounded by joy and happiness in this whole show. It was so well received and I am just so happy to be hugged by the French and Parisan fashion world.”
The designer is enthusiastic to return to New York on Friday to unite with his husband and dog, and did not mean exactly that he will sit back. “I haven’t had a downtime since my seven years,” he said.
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