The Who What Wear Podcast: Diotima Founder and Designer Rachel Scott on Making Caribbean Fashion a Universal Language

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Rachel Scott is the founder and designer of the award-winning womenswear brand Diotima. Born and raised in Jamaica, Rachel trained at the Istituto Marangoni in Milan, before rising through the ranks at respected brands like J. Mendel, Elizabeth and James, and Rachel Comey. In 2021, she launched Diotima, and the brand was an immediate hit, earning Rachel the CFDA Emerging Designer of the Year award in 2023. Customers and fashion insiders alike continue to delight in her nuanced, sophisticated designs, and her unique use of crochet—handmade by artisans in her native Jamaica. This week, she joins us to talk about her long standing relationship with mesh, how her team of artisans inspires her collections, and of course, her upcoming NYFW presentation.

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0:00.0	Thank you to eBay for sponsoring this episode. This is what you do when you have
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1:01.6	Yeah, eBay. The place for new, pre-loved, vintage and rare fashion,
1:08.3	eBay. Things People love. Welcome to the Who What Where podcast, your direct line to the designers, stylists, beauty experts, editors, and tastewakers who are shaping the ever evolving world of fashion.
1:35.0	I'm Who What Wear, editor-in-chief, Cat Collings, and today I'm chatting with the
1:40.2	extraordinarily talented fashion designer and founder of the brand
1:44.7	Deotima Rachel Scott. Born and raised in Jamaica, Rachel spent a decade getting her
1:50.3	fashion education and working her way up in respected fashion houses like Jay Mendel,
1:55.6	Elizabeth and James, and Rachel Komi. In 2021, she launched her women's wear line,
2:00.9	Diotima. She made an instant splash in the fashion world
2:04.2	with her sophisticated mix of tailoring and crochet
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