What Heels Chicana/o/x/e Masculinity?

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 for two years. 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 presented by the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute and the GW GSEHD Intersectional Masculinities. It is co-sponsored by the CCAS Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, the Graduate School of Education & Human Development, GW WGSS Program, the Department of Sociology Department, the Department of Romance, Germanic, and Slavic Studies, the Department of English, and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.