Rachel Scott Is the Busiest Woman at New York Fashion Week

The Run-Through with Vogue

Vogue

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.1 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Rachel Scott, the founder of Diotima and the Creative Director of Proenza Schouler, put on two major shows in five days at New York Fashion Week. Her debut at Proenza Schouler was among the most anticipated shows of the week, with fellow designers like Maria Cornejo and Raul Lopez of Luar supporting from the front row.

“There was a lot of my soul that I poured out in one week,” Scott told Nicole Phelps. “I'd say it's the hardest thing I've ever done.”

At her Diotima show on Sunday, Scott collaborated with the estate of Wilfredo Lam, the late Cuban artist and current subject of a Museum of Modern Art retrospective. Scott has long admired Lam, and she found inspiration not only in the aesthetic beauty of his canvases but also the strong anti-imperialist statements in his work.

Scott felt compelled to make her own political statement this season, given the many crises here in the U.S. and the world.

“ICE out, number one,” she said. “We need to really think about what borders are. It's a statement against the repressive forces of colonialism and imperialism.”

She also shared stories from her childhood growing up in Jamaica, her early fashion memories and career trajectory, and her favorite memories from her internship at Vogue.

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0:00.0	I'm Chloe Mel, and I am so excited to tell you all about the spring issue of Vogue, my first as head of editorial content.
0:07.9	It is full of so many examples of what Vogue does best.
0:12.2	There is a spectacularly romantic cover shoot with Rosalia, a beautiful and moving remembrance of Valentino Garavani by Hamish Bowles,
0:21.5	the quest for the perfect pillow with a beautiful oil painting illustration
0:25.7	inspired by the Simone Roche at runway show,
0:28.9	a tribute to shoes that pack a punch,
0:31.4	starring some of our favorite staff doggs.
0:34.3	It's an issue I'm so proud of.
0:36.7	I'm so excited for everyone to see it and to touch it and hold it and keep it. And if you're not already a subscriber, this is the moment to join. You can get unlimited access at vogue.com slash spring issue.
1:12.7	This is the run through. I'm Nicole Phelps. I'm here with Rachel Scott today, the founder of Diatima and the new creative director of Prenzist Schooler. And I'm so excited to be talking with you. I'm excited to talk with you, Nicole. Thanks for having me. We were talking in our editorial meeting before Fashion Week, and we decided you are the busiest woman in New York fashion. How do you feel after two
1:19.4	shows in five days? I feel really happy. Yeah, I feel really happy and extremely exhausted.
1:28.8	But I feel like I just, there was a lot of my soul that I poured out in one week.
1:34.4	It was really, it was a very, very intense week.
1:36.8	I'd say it's the hardest thing I've ever done.
1:38.9	You started the week, your Prenzis Schooler show, which was your debut there, opened New York Fashion Week. And I was very
1:47.6	impressed, and I'm very glad that I went to the showroom to see these clothes up close, the
1:52.9	materiality of them, the way the skirt suits were actually knit, all the different treatments
1:58.1	that went into the two different denim jackets and jeans.
2:02.0	And talk about your mission.
2:04.5	You know, it's your opening salva.
2:05.8	What did you want to accomplish with this prensa schooler show?
2:09.7	You know, it's hard.
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