"There's a shop next door that sells jade, pendants and amulets hand carved to ward off illness and harm. Upstairs, Scott has similar ideas on her mind while preparing her first ever catwalk show, after four years of presentations that evoked her rich universe. It's netted her accolades - international attention and two CFDA awards - one for Emerging Designer in 2023 and the second, last year, for Womenswear Designer of the Year, the most prestigious award on the roster."
"Every garment, therefore, had to have a reality at its core. "Everything had to sell," Scott states, bluntly. "I couldn't make something that wouldn't. Now I feel less of that pressure." The range, indeed, has expanded and, for her first catwalk show, Scott has allowed herself the levity of pieces that push technique, form and inspiration but, perhaps, aren't the easiest to imagine on a department store rack. When they come to world building, however, they're ripe."
Rachel Scott runs Diotima from a small Chinatown studio and prepared the brand's first catwalk show after four years of presentations that built a rich creative universe. The work brought international attention and two CFDA awards: Emerging Designer 2023 and Womenswear Designer of the Year last year. Scott was named creative director of Proenza Schouler and contributed to a recent presentation, with next season set to reflect her new role. Scott founded Diotima in 2021 using personal savings, demanding commercially viable garments. That financial discipline relaxed, enabling expanded ranges and riskier, technique-driven pieces that reflect her lived experiences and beliefs.
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