.To use an item coming from Diotima is actually to wear a portion of designer as well as founder Rachel Scott's (she/her) life story. The brand name, which released in 2021 as well as includes seasonally interchangeable parts like striped cotton-and-crepe A-line midi skirts, and crystal-encrusted net weaved storage tanks, is actually crafted between Scott's home country of Jamaica as well as her homebase The big apple. With a focus on embroidery, a method along with deep associations to the Caribbean, Scott is "finding to position a focus on effort, supporting and boosting artisanal areas," as she claimed in a current job interview for Nordstrom, making "minutes of strain in color, structure, and also silhouette." In doing this, the professional pushes on fashions about what design coming from this region appears like, melding conventional and also present-day parts that are actually enjoyed through celebs like Keke Palmer, Doja Cat and also Gabrielle Union. On the heels of a major 2023, during which Scott was actually granted the CFDA Emerging Developer award, she debuted at Nyc Style Week with a stunning spring 2024 collection. When it comes to the following 5 years? "The collections will definitely be actually extra fantastic as well as more recent than ever as our experts continue to rearrange designed," she tells R29. "Possibly our experts will possess a retail space in New York City." Our company'll be actually first in line when it opens.Photograph Credit Scores: Deirdre Lewis.