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Public School’s Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne Named New Creative Directors of DKNY

Joshua Glass — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:07:18 +0000

Image: DKNY. Earlier this morning it was announced that the downtown duo behind Public School, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, will be (partly) trading drop-crop trousers for corporate slacks, having been appointed the two new creative directors of DKNY. The two will oversee all collections under the Donna Karan New York name and lead a creative

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NYFW Backstage: Public School SS15

Joshua Glass — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:22:42 +0000

Image: Melodie Jeng. Image: Melodie Jeng. Once again, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School set out to break the very rules they invented with the brand’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection, a cutting-edge offering of sleek menswear emphasized by exaggerated cuts, sagging pant lines, and sporty details. Set to the live music of Twin Shadow, the runway

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Public School Fall 2013: Polished Deconstruction

Matt Bell — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:12:14 +0000

“We really wanted to explore technique with this collection,” says Public School co-founder Dao-Yi Chow. “The past two seasons set the tone for our silhouette and aesthetic, so we wanted to focus on developing new washes, embellishments and details that would help to define the Public School look. We looked at how the little traits of someone’s personality

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Public School Denim Launches For Spring 2013 (And A Bag You Can't Buy)

Matt Bell — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:04:05 +0000

So two bits of news coming from the guys at Public School (who you love for their chill mix smart and street). Since you’re curious, first is the bag-news. They’ve partnered with Heineken for the “Heineken 100” program—an influencer and celebrity seeding program that celebrates and promotes tastemakers/designers/cool kids. For the collaboration, Public School exclusively designed

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Public School Spring 2013: The Structured Cool

Matt Bell — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:24:45 +0000

Public School has done well at giving us edgy, creative, smart since 2008 and for Spring 2013, designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne took this aesthetic down a clean and structural avenue with the effect of being, simply put, tight. From the guys, “We examined the concept of ‘structure’ and how it exists contextually within

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