Fashion career profile
Lazaro Hernandez
Lazaro Hernandez is an American designer whose career is closely linked to a long-running design partnership with Jack McCollough. They met at Parsons School of Design, where a joint senior thesis developed into Proenza Schouler, founded in New York in 2002. Hernandez’s work there helped define a modern American womenswear and accessories label with an emphasis on artisanal detail, tailored form and contemporary culture. The designers won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2004 and later received CFDA Womenswear Designer awards in 2007 and 2011. In 2025 Loewe named Hernandez and McCollough its co-creative directors; their first Loewe collection was shown that October. His current Loewe position is shared, and the directory records the two designers as separate people holding parallel co-director roles rather than merging them into a single creative-leadership entry. Their work connects New York design history with a Spanish house shaped by leather craft.
- Role
- Co-Creative Director, Loewe
- Nationality
- American
- Career appointments
- 2
- Fashion houses
- 2
- Collections led
- 1
- Loewe Names Eva Victor as Brand AmbassadorThe Impression · 2026-10-19
- LOEWE Distills a Sporty Spanish Summer for SS27Hypebeast Fashion · 2026-10-02
- Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez Put Loewe in the MoodThe Impression · 2026-10-02
- Education: Parsons School of DesignLoewe and CFDA identify Parsons as the school where Hernandez and McCollough met. · LOEWE; CFDA
- Career path: Proenza Schouler co-founder → Loewe co-creative directorHernandez’s history at Proenza Schouler is shared with Jack McCollough; Loewe appointed them as co-creative directors in 2025. · LOEWE
- Recognition: CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, 2004; CFDA Womenswear Designer awards, 2007 and 2011CFDA records the duo’s early award history. · CFDA
- Current role: Co-Creative Director, LoeweThe title reflects the shared appointment with Jack McCollough, rather than an individual sole-director role. · LOEWE
- 2002 — Founds Proenza Schouler with Jack McColloughTheir Parsons senior thesis develops into the New York label.
- 2004 — Wins the CFDA/Vogue Fashion FundHernandez and McCollough receive the inaugural award as Proenza Schouler.
- 2011 — Wins CFDA Womenswear Designer of the YearThe award recognizes the designers’ shared work at Proenza Schouler.
- 2025 — Named Co-Creative Director of LoeweLoewe names Hernandez and McCollough as shared creative directors; their first collection is presented later that year.
- 2025–Present — Co-Creative Director — LoeweCurrent appointment · LOEWE
- 2002–2025 — Co-Founder and Co-Creative Director — Proenza SchoulerHistorical appointment · Proenza Schouler