Dao-Yi Chow Appointed Creative Director of New Era

Iconic cap model New Period has named Dao-Yi Chow its artistic director. The co-founder of Public Faculty and former co-designer of DKNY will develop the long-lasting cap model’s first attire line — “Model New Period” — set to launch later this 12 months, the corporate stated in a press release.

New Period’s caps have lengthy been an important signifier in sports and streetwear tradition. The Buffalo, New York-based firm is greatest identified for producing headwear for NBA, MLB and NFL groups, together with its iconic New York Yankees fitted “59FIFTY” cap. Not too long ago, New Period has pursued partnerships in Components 1, because the competitors undergoes a cultural revival and its groups have more and more explored streetwear collaborations.

Chow, whose work is impressed by streetwear and sports activities silhouettes, did a decade-long stint as artistic director of Sean John, the label began by American rapper Sean Combs (also referred to as P. Diddy), earlier than co-founding the celebrated start-up Public Faculty with fellow New York native Maxwell Osborne. In 2015, the duo have been employed to helm Donna Karan’s DKNY line, however stepped down lower than two years later after LVMH offloaded the Donna Karan enterprise to G-III Attire.

”Dao-Yi’s unparalleled creativity and keenness for sportswear makes him the proper match to steer our model to the subsequent stage of product evolution,” stated Jim Grundtisch, New Period’s president of world model.

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