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Brand profile
Public School NYC
New York tailored-streetwear label from Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, relaunched in February 2026 after a seven-year hiatus.
New York CityOrigin
UnisexFocus
StreetwearStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Public School NYC
Tailoring cut like streetwear
The house language is contemporary suiting bent toward the street: drop-shoulder blazers, layered outerwear and leather anoraks in mostly monochrome palettes.
Award-backed, not just hyped
Founders Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne won the 2013 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and the 2015 International Woolmark Prize, which underpins the high price tier.
Paused in 2019, back in 2026
The label went quiet in 2019 and relaunched independently with a Fall/Winter 2026 New York runway show, including all-black Air Jordan 15 and Nike Air Max Goadome collaborations.
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Brand facts
Public School NY is a New York label founded in 2008 by Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, built on tailored streetwear: contemporary suiting, layered outerwear, drop-shoulder blazers and mostly monochrome palettes. The pair won the 2013 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund and the 2015 International Woolmark Prize before pausing the brand in 2019. Chow and Osborne relaunched it independently with a Fall/Winter 2026 runway show at New York Fashion Week in February 2026, debuting an all-black Air Jordan 15 and Nike Air Max Goadome collaboration alongside leather anoraks and biker-butler hybrid jackets.
- Founded
- 2008
- Origin
- New York City, United States
- Made in
- USA
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Streetwear, Minimalist / Contemporary, Avant-garde