.To put on a piece coming from Diotima is to use a part of designer and also owner Rachel Scott's (she/her) personal history. The label, which released in 2021 and also includes seasonally interchangeable items like candy striped cotton-and-crepe A-line midi skirts, as well as crystal-encrusted screen weaved tanks, is crafted between Scott's home country of Jamaica as well as her homebase New york city. With a focus on embroidery, a method with deep associations to the Caribbean, Scott is actually "looking for to position an importance on work, supporting as well as boosting artisanal areas," as she said in a latest interview for Nordstrom, generating "moments of pressure in colour, texture, as well as contour." In accomplishing this, the designer pushes on stereotypes regarding what type from this location appears like, combining standard as well as modern pieces that are actually liked by celebrities like Keke Palmer, Doja Kitty and also Gabrielle Union. On the heels of a major 2023, during which Scott was actually rewarded the CFDA Emerging Developer honor, she debuted at New york city Fashion Week with a magnificent springtime 2024 compilation. As for the next five years? "The collections will be even more exciting and also more recent than ever before as our team remain to rearrange produced," she tells R29. "Perhaps our team will certainly have a retail area in New York City." Our team'll be to begin with level when it opens up.Photograph Credit History: Deirdre Lewis.