.To wear a piece from Diotima is actually to put on an aspect of designer as well as founder Rachel Scott's (she/her) life story. The label, which released in 2021 and includes seasonally compatible pieces like striped cotton-and-crepe A-line midi skirts, and crystal-encrusted screen weaved tanks, is actually crafted in between Scott's home country of Jamaica and also her homebase New York. Along with a focus on embroidery, a technique along with deep associations to the Caribbean, Scott is actually "seeking to put a focus on effort, sustaining and amplifying artisanal communities," as she stated in a recent meeting for Nordstrom, developing "minutes of pressure in shade, appearance, as well as shape." In accomplishing this, the developer pushes on stereotypes about what style coming from this region resembles, combining typical as well as contemporary items that are actually adored by illustrious like Keke Palmer, Doja Pet Cat and Gabrielle Union. On the heels of a huge 2023, in the course of which Scott was rewarded the CFDA Emerging Designer award, she debuted at New York Style Full week along with a spectacular springtime 2024 selection. When it comes to the next 5 years? "The selections will be more exciting and more recent than ever before as our team remain to rearrange produced," she tells R29. "Perhaps our team will have a retail room in NYC." Our company'll be to begin with level when it opens.Photo Credit Report: Deirdre Lewis.