Proenza Schouler Spring / Summer 2016

NEW YORK — With all due respect to designers who have shown collections throughout the week, Wednesday night is the moment late in the New York program when it comes into sharp relief. The focus of course comes courtesy of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez who showed their Spring / Summer 2016 Proenza Schouler collection. On the evening a trio of models at Next including Binx, Lineisy Montero, and Vera Van Erp featured on the runway. The sheer artistry that these celebrated designers bring to bear on every piece of every look in their collections is long known, but it was especially evident in this collection for spring that used Spain as its point of departure. A color palette of white, red, and black allowed the primacy of texture to take root, and boy did it ever. Case in point, Lineisy (pictured) wore a white cotton jacquard jacket, white cotton jacquard vest, and a black plated viscose crêpe pant. Pom-pom edging of her jacket in particular instilled the look with a celebratory air, which at this latter stage of the first act of four of this ready-to-wear season feels downright triumphant. Proenza Schouler on a Wednesday night will do that. Credits include: Client, Proenza Schouler; Collection, Women’s Ready-To-Wear Spring / Summer 2016; Clothing design, Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez; Styling, Marie Chaix; Hair, Anthony Turner; Makeup, Diane Kendal; Production, Dizon Inc.; Music, Michel Gaubert; Casting, Ashley Brokaw; Video, Damien Neva.