Article: Proenza Schouler grows up: Jack and Lazaro, fashion's 29-year-old wunderkinder, take it to the next level with new backing from the Valentino Group.(Lazaro Hernandez, Jack McCollough)

The boys had made it big, and now they'd made it even bigger, and so they were here this day, in their studio, taking a moment to reflect on their image--wondering if they even had one to speak of. Known as fashion's fairest faces, the boys behind the curtain at Proenza Schouler were still kind of nerdy, they'd decided. It didn't matter that they'd just sold a 45 percent stake in the business to the Valentino Fashion Group for $3.7 million. Twenty-nine years old, and the responsibilities of inflated bank accounts--and inflated expectations--loomed. Now came the pressure to grow up. Tuck in those shirttails before shambling out on the runway for the traditional post-show ...

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