Dao-Yi Chow is an American fashion designer based in New York City. As a native New Yorker, Chow spent the early part of his career heading up visionary fashion label Sean John as its youngest Creative Director for over a decade. He went on to open his own select shop, Arrive, included in the Best 50 stores list by GQ in 2006 and was a harbinger of fashion’s love affair with sneaker culture and streetwear in the years to follow. In 2008, along with his partner Maxwell Osborne, he founded the award-winning brand Public School New York. Chow and Osborne created a new genre of tailored streetwear that helped usher in the high-street era of founder-led, community focused brands with their own take on minimalism and sophisticated ease. The duo earned top honors in the 2013 CFDA VOGUE FASHION FUND, amongst other notable awards including CFDA 2013 Emerging Designer of the Year, 2014 Men’s Designer of the Year, as well the first American designers to win the global Woolmark Prize in 2015. Dao-Yi along with Maxwell were appointed co-creative directors by LVMH to Donna Karan’s legendary label DKNY in 2015 marking the first time in the brand’s history that it had changed creative direction. After a seven year hiatus beginning in 2019, Dao-Yi, alongside Maxwell have relaunched Public School New York as the next big American luxury menswear brand.