Jeremy Scott has never been one to go along with conventional wisdom. The Kansas City, Missouri-born designer—who is the Creative Director of both his namesake label and the Italian fashion house Moschino—has long disrupted the fashion world, creating signatures out of kitsch, pop, camp, neon, sparkle, fearlessness and incisive humor. For Scott, this industry has always been about divining fun and cleverness from the moment, so long as that enjoyment can be had while marching to the beat of one’s own drum.
Scott attended Pratt Institute in New York City. In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Fashion Design. Soon thereafter, he relocated to Paris, where he debuted his eponymous line in 1997. The Jeremy Scott label quickly gained acclaim and notoriety—and a devout, diverse fan base. In those early years, Scott would help launch the modeling career of Devon Aoki and would collaborate with other fashion-world forces such as Christian Louboutin and Stephen Jones. In both 1996 and 1997, the designer won t
Jeremy Scott has never been one to go along with conventional wisdom. The Kansas City, Missouri-born designer—who is the Creative Director of both his namesake label and the Italian fashion house Moschino—has long disrupted the fashion world, creating signatures out of kitsch, pop, camp, neon, sparkle, fearlessness and incisive humor. For Scott, this industry has always been about divining fun and cleverness from the moment, so long as that enjoyment can be had while marching to the beat of one’s own drum.
Scott attended Pratt Institute in New York City. In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Fashion Design. Soon thereafter, he relocated to Paris, where he debuted his eponymous line in 1997. The Jeremy Scott label quickly gained acclaim and notoriety—and a devout, diverse fan base. In those early years, Scott would help launch the modeling career of Devon Aoki and would collaborate with other fashion-world forces such as Christian Louboutin and Stephen Jones. In both 1996 and 1997, the designer won the Venus de la Mode Award for Best New Designer. In 1999, Scott was nominated for a Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Award. In 2002, he returned to the U.S., settling in Los Angeles. The City of Angels is still Scott’s primary home and serves as an endless source of inspiration; it is the world’s foremost intersection of film, fashion, design, fame, old school glamour and new era imagination, all of which can be seen in this designer’s singular aesthetic.
Scott was appointed as the Creative Director of Moschino (where he, believe it or not, once interned) in the fall of 2013. The pairing made perfect sense and was lauded by admirers and the press alike. Moschino’s late founder, Franco Moschino, retained a similar sense of playfulness and wit. He imbued his designs with arch confidence and high-humor irony, an art that Scott himself had honed with his personal label over the prior decade and a half.
His Moschino accolades are sizeable and varied. Scott developed a much sought-after collaboration between Moschino and H&M in 2018, which premiered with Gigi Hadid at Coachella in April before hitting stores in November. While at the label, he has also partnered with everyone from Mattel’s Barbie to the artists Gilbert & George (on prints for the Fall 2016 menswear collection) to the electronic games The Sims and Candy Crush. Scott has also devised instant classic Moschino pieces, which continue to be hits season after season, such as the “Biker” handbag and a Windex bottle-encased fragrance. At his own brand, Scott retained a longstanding partnership with Adidas, as well as with Longchamp; he was ahead of the curve when it came to thinking outside of the box, moving early to link-up with a wide array of companies and entities before the term “collaboration” became ubiquitous in fashion.
Scott received special recognition at the 2019 Anna Wintour Costume Center exhibition, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The show’s theme gravitated around camp, and many of the designer’s looks were featured, including a Moschino “Budweiser” dress. Scott attended the Met Gala that year with Katy Perry, who was dressed as a chandelier and then as a cheeseburger, and Bella Hadid, who wore a form-fitted, bejeweled va-va-voom dress. Nobody does camp quite like this Scott!
Scott is a celebrity favorite and has dressed an extensive list of A-listers. This roster includes Cardi B, A$AP Rocky, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Lizzo, Kacey Musgraves, Madonna, Maluma, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Zendaya and many more.
He has been recognized in a number of multimedia projects and publications, including a 2014 Rizzoli monograph and a documentary titled The People’s Designer (a nickname coined by the press that has stuck), which was released in theaters and on Netflix.
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