Join Professor Francisco Galarte for a talk on Chicano fashion designer Willy Chavarria, whose Chicano-inspired clothing has garnered him the honor of CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year. Dr. Galarte engages in a case study of Chavarria’s first shoe design, the “Jalisco,” and argues that Chavarria’s Chicano-inspired designs challenge and redefine masculinity while exploring the intersections of race, sexuality, gender, and identity. He proposes that Chavarria's designs celebrate the heritage of Chicano fashion, promoting a radical politics of style that transcends conventional boundaries and encourages new expressions of cultural identity and Chicanx/o/a/e aesthetics.

This event is in collaboration with the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute as part of the GW University Seminar Series Intersectional Masculinities: At the Junction of Multiculturalism and Patriarchy, curated by Dwayne Kwaysee Wright, Manuel Cuellar, James McMaster, and Desmond Goss.