Public School’s Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow on Their Epic Comeback, Nike ACG Collab, and Why NYFW Still Matters

When I walk into Public School New York’s Garment District office, Maxwell Osborne greets me with a dap so familiar it leads a nearby PR person to ask if we already knew each other. “Nah,” we say in unison. There’s simply an inherent understanding between native New Yorkers like us.

Osborne and his co-designer Dao-Yi Chow’s shared reverence for New York City has always been vital to the DNA of their brand. The pair founded Public School in 2008 and quickly became staples of the…