Last week Carlos Campos presented his Fall/Winter ’16 line as part of the second New York Fashion Week: Men’s. The innovative collection received high praise for its style and practicality.

Along with the strong fashions on the runway, the show stood out for the wide range of models showcasing the line. As one of NYFWM main sponsors, AXE provided the products used for achieving the looks. Stylist Lisa-Raquel, responsible for overseeing models’ hair and grooming, praised the brand’s ability to conform to all diverse hair types.

Designer Carlos Campos was born in Honduras and arrived in New York at thirteen years old to pursue his own version of the American Dream.

After studying fashion design at The Fashion Institute of Technology, Campos embarked on a successful career as a design consultant for such brands as Zara, and PvH and as a Broadway costume designer for such productions as Jersey Boys, Fiddler on The Roof and The Graduate.

It was 2007 when the Carlos Campos NYC brand was born. The brand’s modern take on “classic American style… with a Latin twist” immediately earned him the respect and accolades of the US and Latin American fashion communities.

In 2009 he was awarded The Fashion Group International’s Rising Star for Menswear.
In 2011, Campos a top-ten finalist for the​ ​CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. He was the first Latino-American Menswear designer to have been nominated as a fund finalist.

Deeply committed to furthering the cause of Latin Americans both at home and worldwide. Currently, he is working with the Honduran Government and private business on the development of Honduras’ first college for fashion design.

HOMBRE: What was your inspiration for this collection?
Carlos Campos: This collection is inspired by this man who goes​ ​from the city​ ​into the mountains and coffee fields. I spent a lot of time in Honduras in the coffee fields, that’s​ ​where I got all my palette colors in the collection. You’re going to see​ ​camel, brown,and​ b​​lue, which is a color I use in every collection​. ​I think it turned out pretty good.

H: What kind of look are you trying to create?
CC: I tried to stay faithful to who I am, what I do, a little bit of tailoring, a little bit of sport. That’s​ ​what we do with the brand. But there’s new pieces like the cape that you’re going to see in the collection.​ It’s​ a sport tailoring sort of look.

H: You​ ​mentioned​ ​being inspired by Honduras
CC: That played a big part of the inspiration. I spent a lot of time​ ​there​ ​in the last six months and obviously traveling throughout​ ​the country.

H: What made you want to be a designer?
CC:​ ​I always wanted​ ​to​. ​It’s​ ​my background​.​ My father was a tailor​. ​I wanted to continue what my family was doing​, ​that’s​ ​the thing that made me want to become a designer​.​

Designer Carlos Campos with HOMBRE Magazine’s Francisco Romeo