Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne are leaving DKNY. The designers, who are also behind the label Public School, presented their first collection for DKNY in September 2015 inside the still-then-unopened World Trade Center Oculus to much anticipation.

In advance of their debut collection, Chow and Osborne told ELLE, "Public School is maybe more about the girl; with DKNY, it'll be about the woman." The few collections that Chow and Osborne did present for DKNY were met with lackluster reviews however. Chow and Osborne have a knack for making things look cool—but the cool-factor didn't seem to translate off the runway.

So after just three seasons, Chow and Osborne are done. Their decision to leave comes on the heels of LVMH's sale of Donna Karan International (DKI) to G-III, and follows CEO Caroline Brown's exit, WWD is reporting.

"Given the company sale and subsequent change in strategies, we have decided to step down and focus on our own business Public School," wrote Osborne and Chow in a joint statement. "It's been an unbelievable experience to work side by side with the wonderful people at DKNY, especially our amazing design team and atelier. We wish the company success in the future."

From: ELLE US