Proenza Schouler

New School
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM 
photography DAVID ARMSTRONG

All clothes by PROENZA SCHOULER F/W 2006 ⁄ 2007

 

NEW YORK FASHION SENSATIONS for the past three years, LASARO HERNANDES   and JACK MCCOLLOUGH  have built a luxury label, PROENZA SCHOULER (a name taken from their mothers’ maiden names). Young, charming and really cute, they have emerged from the new generation of the American scene, much as Marc Jacobs did in the 90s. All the models are crazy for their clothes, but their huge success overshadows the fact they are still just two talented guys in a Chinatown office, developing their collections and wondering about the future. We wanted to get to know them better.

OLIVIER ZAHM — What does Lazaro bring to Jack?
JACK MCCOLLOUGH — It’s weird: just when I think that I’m the one who always draws the dresses, it will…