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  • Willy Chavarria started his namesake brand ten years ago, well past the age when most people take creative risks.
  • He has worked in the industry for more than 30 years at the biggest companies, including Ralph Lauren, American Eagle, and Calvin Klein.
  • His collections often draw inspiration from his old employers, playing around with the iconography of the American flag.
  • For him, a bright-white T-shirt tucked into ironed chinos with a black belt is still the peak of looking good.
In 1978, when the fashion designer Willy Chavarria was 10 years old, he and his family attended a production of Zoot Suit, a play by Luis Valdez. The work drew from the 1942 Sleepy Lagoon Murder, whe [+32674 chars]

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