After studying art and fashion in Paris, he began his career at YSL and within the Louis Vuitton group. His references are wide ranging, from music and sociology to subcultures and contemporary art, all feeding a design language where functionality meets a distinctly modernist sensibility. As he often says, he is more fascinated by who wears the clothes than the clothes alone.
Young opened his Milan studio in 2013. Since then, he has worked across fashion, industrial design and automotive projects, serving as Design Director at Fendi, Calvin Klein, Paco Rabanne, Off-White and Jil Sander, while also designing furniture, yachts and even an Aston Martin.
In 2023, he launched PUBLIC SERV-CE, a brand built on the tension between casual wear and meticulous atelier technique. Trap music and street culture guide its energy, while proportion, construction and material purity define its structure. Young describes his approach as a constant zig and zag, turning something basic into something elegant through craft. Art, design and music form the through line in everything.
PUBLIC SERV-CE is built for people rather than museums. Its community naturally includes artists and performers whose presence brings Young’s work fully to life.
PUBLIC SERV-CE is built for people rather than museums. Its community naturally includes artists and performers whose presence brings Young’s work fully to life.
Creative Director Raphael Young approached the season as a focused study in black, not as mood but as method. Precision tailoring, controlled volume, and sculpted outerwear defined the collection, with garments engineered to absorb and refract light in ways that emphasized construction over embellishment.
Sound operated as an equal partner. The brand’s creative collaboration with Grammy Award–winning artist KayCyy materialized in an original composition that gave the runway a steady, immersive pulse, while a live violin performance by Jeremy Green introduced a sharp, almost cinematic counterpoint. The casting underscored Young’s ongoing interest in who inhabits the clothes: NFL players Terrion Arnold, Miles Sanders, Khadarel Hodge, and Joshua Kaindoh walked alongside music artists Lekan, BDifferent and DC The Don. Their presence was not ornamental but aligned with the brand’s premise that tailoring today belongs as much to athletes and musicians as to any traditional fashion figure.
With DARK MATTER, PUBLIC SERV-CE demonstrated a calibrated expansion of its world. The runway emphasized discipline, cut, and material clarity; the programming affirmed the network of artists and athletes who give the clothes their charge. Together, they positioned the brand as one intent on building continuity between tailoring and sound, between the controlled environment of the show and the immediacy of the city beyond it.
