Public School celebrates the legacy of Polo Ralph Lauren with a new exhibit dubbed: LO AND BEHOLD: A Case Study in Cultural Re-Appropriation.
PSNY designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne curated the show alongside vintage collector/designer Ezra Wine. The exhibit will focus on Polo and street culture’s symbiotic relationship, specifically highlighting the era of Brooklyn’s Lo-Life collective. According to PSNY, the event will showcase Polo pieces from the late 1980s and early 1990s era, when inner-city youth began rocking the brand and making it their own through an act of subversion.
Per the brand's press release:
The LO & BEHOLD exhibit will launch Wednesday and run through Nov. 1 at 3 Howard St. in NYC. The show will present more than 100 Polo pieces displayed across three “teenage bedrooms” inspired by the 1990s.
PSNY has also assembled a 42-song playlist to accompany the exhibit. You can check that out here.