Willy Chavarria

This bad boy putting men in black has proven he is legend as we've all pursued happiness with big Willy style.

Here to chat collaborating with the best brands in the world, the biggest fuck-ups he's made over the past 10 years, and his mission to change the fashion industry, the creative director and CEO of Willy Chavarria, Willy Chavarria.

Willy, how you doing?

I am doing great, and I cannot believe that I haven't used chic Chicano before.

Yeah.

Snowball effect.

Well, the brand itself, Willy Chavarria, Cha- Chavarria.

Mm-hmm.

But I feel like there was a ton of participation from big brands.

Um, Jenna Lyons curated this auction, and they had pieces from Calvin Klein, DVF, Michael Kors, Proenza Schouler, Tommy Hilfiger, Vera Wang, and Willy Chavarria that were contributed from those designers.

Like, it wasn't sourced from eBay.

It was, it came from the brands-

That is not, I think you said the right word, sophisticated.

Because you look at, if he wants to be in the same space as like a Willy Chavarria, Willy, no. He'll give you a deep wine red as opposed to this primary lipstick red or the blue, the God bless America blue.

No, it's not gonna be that.

It's gonna be something else, something more elevated.

top, if you took the letters off of it, isn't that bad.

When you look at this, 100%, Daddy David, you look at this, I look at it, and you strip it of that stuff.

It is giving me Willy Chavarria.

Yeah.

... and then there was something else.

Wi- Willy Chavarria Ugg-

[laughs]

... and then New Museum.

We all share information.

Um, I think what's nice about now in New York right now, and we've been talking about this for a couple of years now, I, with Rachel and with Chris and even with Willy, you know?

Willy Chavarria.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Why?

Because Willy is such a collaborator, and Willy has such a point of view, and it will start at, like here, and then bring it down and, you know, he was sending pictures to me of Pat Cleveland in the '70s.

He was sending pictures of Diana Ross from the late '60s.

And then get to Paris, of course my suitcase doesn't arrive that has eight wigs-

Yeah.

And then, um, [laughs] so I did go shopping.

But we did two hair tests, because he does 60 models, and what Willy's really known for is his casting.

He casts very interesting people.