Fashion career profile

Rachel Scott

Rachel Scott is a Jamaican-born fashion designer and the founder and Creative Director of Diotima, the New York label she established in 2021. Her work combines Caribbean craft traditions, including crochet, with contemporary tailoring and womenswear. Scott studied Fine Art, French and Philosophy at Colgate University and later completed an intensive fashion-design program at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. Before launching Diotima, she worked in the Italian fashion industry, including at Costume National and J. Mendel. Her independent work brought national recognition: she received the CFDA Emerging Designer award in 2023 and Womenswear Designer of the Year in 2024. In September 2025, Proenza Schouler appointed her Creative Director, a separate house-level role alongside her continuing Diotima leadership. The two appointments are represented independently rather than collapsing her own label into her newer position. Scott’s profile connects her education, prior studio experience, award history and dual current responsibilities, while distinguishing sourced facts from more general descriptions of her aesthetic.

Role
Founder and Creative Director, Diotima; Creative Director, Proenza Schouler
Nationality
Jamaican
Career appointments
3
Fashion houses
2
Verified awards
2
Active roles
3