A convention-busting short silent film was screened before the show called “Safe From Harm”, which was full of tension, with close-ups of characters with rough, tattooed bodies protecting each other. Were.
The cast also included Italian singer Mahmoud and model and transgender rights activist Kai-Isaiah Jamal.
Showgoers were drawn to the costumes, which borrowed from American fashion as well as California-born Chavarria’s Mexican heritage, which has long supported meaningful diversity in fashion.
The surprisingly diverse audience was treated to wide-brimmed hats, big-collared shirts emblazoned with giant roses, long coats over square-shouldered jackets and baggy pants with heavy, dancing pleats.
With the film, “I wanted to look at how clothes follow us through our lives,” said Chavarría, who declares herself a political fashionista.
“And I didn’t want to make anything that would distract from reality, distract from the wars that we’re seeing.”
This season will bring many legendary and famous American ready-to-wear designers including Michael Kors, Thom Browne and Tory Burch. Carolina Herrera and Gabriela Hearst are also in the calendar.
Paris-based designer Ludovic de Saint Sernin, a proponent of intimate, androgynous designs, will also make a rare detour to New York with a show on Sunday evening.