Proenza Schouler is a New York-based womenswear and accessories brand founded in 2002 by designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez. The duo met while studying at Parsons School of Design. Proenza Schouler makes fashion for the intelligent, adult, urban woman of today. The work is generally defined by Jack and Lazaro's use of fine luxury materials, consistently infused with a marked sense of effortlessness and ease.