Dylan Cao and Jin Kay twisted American fashion signatures into strong, coed wardrobing pieces.
After skipping the fall season, New York-based brand Commission codesigners Dylan Cao and Jin Kay moved into the pre-season model and are back with a newThe past few seasons, Cao and Kay said they worked to honor and build the Commission codes, but for spring, it was about breaking them down.
“Picking and choosing what’s still relevant for us as the true classics,” Cao said. Those codes — prep-tinged shirting and polos, denim, tracksuits, sharp tailoring, etc — tie into the men’s and women’s collection’s larger conversation. “It’s a weird time to talk about being American, which is why we named the collection, ‘American Dream?’ What does it mean to be American, aspirationally?,” Cao said. He expanded on the idea, touching on first-generation Americans “ascribing to American preppiness and 9-to-5 suiting,” as well as his own experience, moving to New York from Vietnam 13 years ago and shopping at Target for those well-known, pre-packaged boxers, tank tops and waffle Henleys to “feel part of the culture.
Playing with what’s “proper versus improper,” alongside reworked, mass-produced undergarments and elevated wardrobing were strong, cheeky themes that ran throughout the collection. True to the Commission DNA, the irreverent takes on nuanced Americana thrived through each garment’s up-close, twisted details.
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