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Outfit Your Queue in Willy Chavarria’s 5 Favorite Movies and Shows

These titles are must-see, just like the designer's signature silhouettes.

By Ashley Lee

Nov. 10, 2026

Willy Chavarria has earned acclaim throughout the fashion industry for designing pieces that are bold and beautiful. But he’s also cultivated a devout fandom because the garments created by the California native allow those wearing them to feel just as bold and beautiful.

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“I love people to take my clothes and to become exactly who they are,” he says. “We all just really want someone to recognize us for who we truly are.”

Between running his eponymous label and outfitting the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, and Becky G, Chavarria takes a moment to tailor a selection of his favorite Netflix titles, including a historic Oscar winner, a dystopian anthology, an acclaimed dark dramedy, and a documentary series that evokes the essence of his work.

Love on the Spectrum

Two girls sit on a green bench outdoors, one with glasses and a flower crown holding a bouquet, talking together in a sunlit garden or park with lush greenery in the background.

Chavarria is inspired by the participants of this charming docuseries, which follows young adults on the autism spectrum as they navigate dating and relationships. “There’s so much performance in the world — we’re constantly being shown people who know exactly how they want to be perceived,” he says. “Love on the Spectrum is the opposite of that. It’s just people being so real in their identities. [It] understands that simply being seen is a form of dignity. I love that the show never treats romance as a formula.”

Black Mirror

Two women sitting closely together in a lively, neon-lit bar or club booth; one wears a sparkling purple jacket and beaded jewelry, the other wears glasses and a striped sweater, both appear to be enjoying a night out with friends.

PHOTO BY LAURIE SPARHAM

The designer is also a fan of this nine-time Emmy Award–winning anthology series, in which every standalone episode tells a dystopian story that touches on technology’s ability to underscore the darker sides of human nature. The show’s seven seasons span all genres and settings, and each entry cleverly and hauntingly imagines our possible futures and alternate pasts. Plus, these narratives are packed with stars like Miley Cyrus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jon Hamm, Salma Hayek Pinault, Bryce Dallas Howard, Andrew Scott, and Letitia Wright.

Baby Reindeer

A man stands behind a bar in a dimly lit pub, surrounded by drink taps, bottles, glassware, and assorted items, creating a classic bar environment with a cozy and cluttered atmosphere.

PHOTO BY ED MILLER

Meet Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd), a struggling comedian who, while working as a bartender, shows kindness to a vulnerable customer, Martha (Jessica Gunning). This casual moment leads down a twisty road — paved with hundreds of hours of voice messages and north of 40,000 emails — and forces Donny to face his deeply buried trauma. Dark, dramatic, and still piercingly funny, the six-time Emmy-winning limited series is based on a true story and adapted from Gadd’s award-winning one-man play.

Baby Reindeer

Limited Series TV-MA 2024

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ROMA

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PHOTO BY CARLOS SOMONTE

Chavarria applauds the three-time Oscar-winning movie written, directed, shot, and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón. Inspired by Cuarón’s childhood memories of 1970s Mexico, the heartfelt drama stars Yalitza Aparicio (The Great Seduction) as Cleo, a domestic worker navigating the personal and political turmoil of the time. It made history as the first Mexican film to win the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. After the credits roll, watch Road to Roma for a behind-the-scenes look at how the emotional movie came to be.

ROMA

2h 14m R 2018

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Griselda

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PHOTO BY ELIZABETH MORRIS

Sofia Vergara is “La Madrina” in this Emmy-nominated limited series, inspired by Griselda Blanco’s journey from fleeing Medellín to keep her children safe to becoming the ruthless queenpin known as the Godmother of Cocaine. The drama frames her rise as an unglamorous trek, highlighting how easily people can be warped by greed and the temptation of power. Alongside Vergara is Martín Rodríguez as Blanco’s hit man, Alberto Guerra as her husband, and Juliana Aidén Martinez as the Miami PD intelligence analyst chasing her down.