Creative director, Proenza Schouler
Rachel Scott
Jamaican
Designer and founder of the New York label Diotima, known for reworking Caribbean craft techniques such as crochet and handwork. She was named creative director of Proenza Schouler in September 2025, succeeding founders Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, and is the first woman to lead the label. Her debut, the Fall/Winter 2026 collection, showed in New York in February 2026.
Houses
Their runway, measured
83 looks in 2 showsNext to every runway we track, Rachel Scott's looks are more saturated, more tonal and more textured.
Colours
- Black27%
- Burgundy / oxblood · 3.3× the average9%
- Charcoal8%
- Grey6%
- Red · 3.0× the average6%
- Chocolate brown6%
- Ivory / cream5%
- Denim blue · 1.8× the average5%
Share of garment area across their looks; × is against every runway.
Colour and surface
- Lightness36/100about average · all runways 39/100
- Colour saturation17.0more saturated · all runways 12.6
- Neutrals55%about average · all runways 60%
- Warm hues68%about average · all runways 70%
- Tonal looks41%more tonal · all runways 33%
- Colour-blockingΔE 32about average · all runways ΔE 35
- Surface texture5.88more textured · all runways 5.06
- Sheen0.061about average · all runways 0.065
What sets them apart
Shapes, fabrics and details they use far more often than other designers.
Silhouettes
- Column 58%2.9×
- Straight / tubular 47%
- Asymmetric 30%1.9×
- Draped 24%2.0×
- Hourglass / cinched waist 19%1.9×
Materials
- Wool / tailoring cloth 33%
- Knit 30%1.5×
- Silk / satin 25%
- Chiffon / organza / tulle 18%1.4×
- Jersey 14%
Details
- Cut-away / asymmetric hem 30%2.0×
- Slits 29%3.5×
- Draping 28%2.0×
- Piping / contrast stitching 19%
- Fringe 17%1.9×
Patterns
- Floral 16%1.8×
- Animal print 8%5.1×
- Stripes 6%
- Abstract stripe / brushstroke 5%2.7×
- Abstract print 4%
Mood
- Elegant 88%2.1×
- Austere 42%2.2×
- Serene 33%1.6×
- Powerful 22%1.4×
- Relaxed 17%50% less
Era references
- 1970s 11%
- 1960s 5%1.7×
- 1990s 5%35% less
- 1940s 1%
- 1980s 1%79% less
From the AI tags on 83 of their looks. A designer is credited with a house's shows while they lead it; ×: how much more often than across all 25,892 measured looks.
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