We started this company out of our bedroom while still students in school, barely into our twenties.

We could never have imagined all those years back the transformative road that was ahead of us.

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Spring 2022 ready-to-wear.

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Photographed by Arthur Elgort,Vogue,November 2004

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Fall 2023 ready-to-wear.

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Fall 2018 ready-to-wear.

Liya Kebede at theMad Max: Fury Roadpremiere in May 2015.

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Spring 2025 ready-to-wear. Photo: Monica Feudi / Courtesy of Proenza Schouler

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at the Variety Power Of Women in 2023.

The Proenza Schouler origin story abounds with fairytale moments.

(McCollough, for his part, worked at Marc Jacobs while still at school.)

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Spring 2022 ready-to-wear. Photo: Jonas Gustavsson / Courtesy of Proenza Schouler

Backstage at Proenza Schouler’s fall 2023 ready-to-wear show.

Proenza Schouler is part of the New York establishment now, but theyve held onto their cool kids image.

The designers didnt respond to a question about these rumours.

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Fall 2023 ready-to-wear. Photo: Jonas Gustavsson / Courtesy of Proenza Schouler

In any case, theyre certainly leaving a hole in this seasons fashion week calendar.

We feel an immense sense of gratitude.

Big picture: New York has a creative director job opening a rare occasion here.

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Fall 2018 ready-to-wear.

And, our global search will accelerate now that this news has been made public.

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Spring 2016 ready-to-wear.

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Spring 2014 ready-to-wear.

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Liya Kebede at theMad Max: Fury Roadpremiere in May 2015.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, at the Variety Power Of Women in 2023.

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Backstage at Proenza Schouler’s fall 2023 ready-to-wear show. Photo: Hunter Abrams