Becca McCharen-Tran

Becca McCharen-Tran is a fashion designer, cultural worker, and the founder of future-forward bodywear line Chromat. In her design practice, McCharen-Tran interrogates the cultural hegemony around representation and inclusion, creating a world that empowers women, femmes, and nonbinary people in fashion and beyond. Winner of the 2021 National Design Award for fashion, McCharen-Tran was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list of “People Reinventing the World." Her TED Talk on the urgency of racial, gender, and disability justice in fashion has nearly 2 million views. McCharen-Tran also staged the Queer Joy project at MoMA PS1, a series of performances and installations celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community. Chromat has been profiled in major publications such as Vogue, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and has collaborated with Intel, Disney, Reebok, MAC Cosmetics, MIT Design Lab, and Equinox.