.To wear an item coming from Diotima is to put on a portion of designer as well as creator Rachel Scott's (she/her) life story. The brand, 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 net weaved storage tanks, is crafted between Scott's home nation of Jamaica and also her homebase New York. Along with an emphasis on crochet, a method with deep associations to the Caribbean, Scott is actually "looking for to position an emphasis on work, sustaining and amplifying artisanal communities," as she mentioned in a recent interview for Nordstrom, producing "moments of tension in shade, texture, and silhouette." In doing this, the designer pushes back on stereotypes concerning what style from this region resembles, uniting traditional and also modern items that are actually adored by celebrities like Keke Palmer, Doja Cat and also Gabrielle Union. On the heels of a major 2023, during which Scott was rewarded the CFDA Surfacing Professional award, she debuted at New York Manner Week along with a remarkable spring season 2024 selection. As for the next five years? "The selections will definitely be actually even more fantastic and latest than ever before as our experts continue to reposition designed," she says to R29. "Possibly our company will definitely possess a retail room in NYC." Our company'll be actually initially level when it opens up.Photograph Credit Scores: Deirdre Lewis.