WWD breaks the news of DKNY’s appointment of Public School designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne as the brand’s new creative directors. In addition to duties at their own label–Public School, the designing duo will oversee men’s and women’s at DKNY. The pair’s first collection will be for women and unveiled this coming September during New York Fashion Week.
Reflecting on the news, a joint statement from Chow and Osborne reads, “We both grew up in New York and DKNY has always been part of the landscape of this city in our formative years as designers and as New Yorkers. It is one of the brands that helped change the game for us and for American fashion. It evokes everything our city was always about–energy, disruption, new thinking and transcending all boundaries. We are extremely proud and excited to be joining the company and to contribute to the next chapter of DKNY, one of the most iconic American brands created by Donna Karan, a true inspiration.”
