By Jessica Michault

There was a festive, celebratory mood at the Public School show venue on Sunday morning. Helped in no small part by a catwalk covered in thousands of strips of white confetti. And why not celebrate? The designer duo Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne can’t seem to put a step wrong, winning one design award after another with their monochromatic minimalist modern uniform for hip urbanites.

In their sophomore runway collection of men’s and womenswear they continued on their chosen path of non-threatening sporty pieces that are cool enough to garner street cred but also sophisticated in their cut, fabric exploration and silhouette.The designers used contrasting colors for great geometric effects. And subtle touches, such as cutting a tunic top into tails at the back, adding a drawstring hem to just the back of a shirt or the insertion of a silver zipper ridding up over the arms and shoulders of a jacket, helped to elevate the designs in the show.

If there is one caveat to this collection, it would be that it was perhaps a bit too safe. If this is a house that the fashion world has earmarked as a future leader in the industry of luxury sportswear, then the duo need to think about shining a brighter light on the way forward.