Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez Usher in a New Chapter at Loewe
Loewe Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear opened a new chapter for Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, designers who are no strangers to Paris. Long before their recent appointment, the Proenza Schouler duo had already tested the city’s fashion waters, showing two seasons here in a bid to expand their global reach and deepen their dialogue with the European luxury audience. Yet, beneath those early moves lingered a quiet ambition — one that has now materialized with striking precision.
Loewe collection 2026
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In March, McCollough and Hernandez were named the new creative directors of Loewe, succeeding Jonathan Anderson. The announcement came just months after they stepped away from their own New York-founded label — a decision as bold as it was symbolic. After nearly twenty-five years at the helm of Proenza Schouler, the designers traded familiarity for reinvention, eager to redefine one of the world’s oldest luxury houses through their own lens.
“It’s been so fun,” Hernandez said, beaming at the brand’s Rue Scribe headquarters in Paris. “To be able to unleash the thing inside of us, no restrictions — just play and experiment.” And that sense of liberation pulsed through their debut collection.
Presented in a minimalist space behind the Université de Paris in the 14th arrondissement, the show revealed a Loewe both rooted in history and reborn in energy. Their vision rests on three pillars: Spanishness, craftsmanship, and identity.Founded in 1846 in Madrid, Loewe’s heritage lies in the mastery of leather — a legacy McCollough and Hernandez honor while pushing it into uncharted, experimental territory.
Their debut explored leather as language. Sculptural, heat-sealed jackets curved like bells. Multi-layered scarf dresses cascaded with exposed seams, turning construction into ornament. Everyday staples — jeans, button-downs, windbreakers — were transformed into high craft: shredded leather denim, hand-pleated and spray-painted shirting, and leather-thread tanks infused with wire to create fluid, crinkled forms.
Elsewhere, the duo flirted with technology. Towel dresses appeared to be made from soft terry, but were in fact 3D-printed fabrics mimicking velvet’s pile. A windbreaker in silk Gore-Tex — reportedly the first of its kind — merged innovation with luxury.
Accessories carried their own quiet revolution. The season’s key piece, a reimagined Amazona with a single handle, came in suede, leather, and crocodile — structured yet nonchalant, large enough for a laptop but alive with metropolitan ease.
You can take the boys out of New York, but you can’t take New York out of the boys. Their Loewe is sharp yet sensual, modern yet deeply tactile — a meeting of Madrid’s heritage and Manhattan’s rhythm. In their hands, the house feels recharged, instinctive, and ready for a new era of creative freedom.
Spring Summer 2026 women’s runway show
