A collection that amounted to a compilation of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s greatest hits fell short.

The collection took a surprising turn, especially given their Parisian sojourn, toward the commercial.

Caroline de Maigret and Gaia Repossi were also among the guests.

In their goodbye to NYFW before heading to Paris to show during couture week, for fall, Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez showed a trove of powerful new iterations of the high-intensity, gritty elegance that has become their signature.

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez showed bold, in-your-face, standing-ovation-worthy fashion this season.

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez’s fabulous pre-fall collection continued the sensual Latin themes explored in their spring 2016 lineup.

WWD went backstage at the designer’s fall show.

Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez showed a fall collection that was an exploration of “control and release.”

Purposefully pared-down makeup by Diane Kendal met a strong hairstyle from Anthony Turner at Proenza Schouler.

Natasha Lyonne, Simon Doonan and Rachel Zoe were among the front row guests at the brand’s spring show.

Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough’s spring Proenza Schouler collection was a stunning display of new ideas about modernity, romance and craft worked in black, white and red with a loose Spanish flare.

The native flounces and local dishabille of Cuba inspired Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough to create a resort collection filled with shots of tropical color, textured knits and unfinished edges.

WWD visits the Proenza Schouler studio ahead of the Fall 2015 show.

This collection pulsed with a raw power that started if not quietly (no subtleties here) then simply, and escalated into an intense tribal reverie.

WWD went behind the scenes at the fall show.