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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 09: Designers Lazaro Hernandez (L) and Jack McCollough walk the runway at the Proenza Schouler fashion show during September 2022 New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Hall Des Lumieres on September 09, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes\/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a move that has pushed the fashion industry rumour mill into overdrive, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez<\/a>, the creative masterminds behind Proenza Schouler, have announced their departure from the label they founded in 2002.<\/p>\n

The pair, synonymous with the effortlessly cool aesthetic of the New York-based brand, will step down as co-creative directors at the end of January, leaving a void at the helm of one of fashion\u2019s most promising houses.<\/p>\n

Speaking to WWD<\/em><\/a>, Hernandez reflected on the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe time feels right to make the personal decision to step down from our day-to-day leadership role at the company and hand over the creative reins to someone new,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cWe have always valued risk-taking and a sense of adventure and feel ready to open ourselves up for whatever comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCollough echoed this sentiment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile change is never easy, this decision\u2014one we\u2019ve carefully considered\u2014feels like the right step at the right time, at this stage in our lives,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had many chapters with Proenza Schouler, from our early days when having a brand felt like a fun, possibly temporary, stage in our lives to later when things started to become more serious, and we realised that a real business was taking shape,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have a specific goal in mind when we started the company, it was merely a way to continue making the clothes we believed in. Somewhere along the way, it became a real business with real responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, USA – FEBRUARY 11: Chlo\u00eb Sevigny walks the runway during the Proenza Schouler Ready to Wear Fall\/Winter 2023-2024 fashion show as part of the New York Fashion Week on February 11, 2023 in NY. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The announcement marks the end of an era for Proenza Schouler, a brand that has become a pillar of the American fashion landscape for more than two decades. From humble beginnings to becoming a mainstay of New York Fashion Week<\/a>, McCollough and Hernandez\u2019s journey has long received both critical and commercial success.<\/p>\n

Their work and creative vision, which has long embraced experimental silhouettes and sportswear-inspired designs favourites by Chlo\u00eb Sevigny<\/a> and Kate Bosworth<\/a>, is consistently celebrated as incomparable to other brands.<\/p>\n

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Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Designers for Proenza Schouler with Anna Wintour (center) (Photo by Gregory Pace\/FilmMagic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As far as where they’ll go next, speculation about their future was on the rise in the weeks leading up to their official announcement. Industry insiders and enthusiasts have been proliferating whispers of a jump to Spanish house Loewe<\/a>\u00a0for the duo, replacing Jonathan Anderson<\/a>, who is rumoured to be in talks with Dior<\/a> following Maria Grazia Chiuri<\/a>\u2019s alleged upcoming departure.<\/p>\n

While all the leadership changes<\/a> in the last few months are already making our heads spin, this domino effect could herald one of the most dramatic creative reshuffles in recent fashion history\u2014and that’s truly saying something.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42672,"featured_media":99098,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nProenza Schouler Creative Directors Exit Their Label<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After 23 years, design duo Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez are stepping down from their label Proenza Schouler.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/jack-mccollough-lazaro-hernandez-exit-proenza-schouler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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