Jeremy Scott leaves Moschino after a decade of wacky fashion: the Italian luxury brand’s creative director steps down after making a splash with Angela Bassett’s Oscars look and Milan Fashion Week

Mar 21 , 2023

Creative director Jeremy Scott appears at the end of the Moschino’s autumn/winter 2023-2024 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on February 23. Photo: Reuters

The American designer, who has dressed celebrities from Madonna and Zendaya to Katy Perry and Rita Ora, is known for his ‘pop-camp style’ and pieces that prompt plenty of social commentary

Since he took over at Moschino in October 2013, he’s created collections inspired by Barbie, Ronald McDonald and aliens, and was lauded by parent company Aeffe SpA chair, Massimo Ferretti

Jeremy Scott is stepping down as creative director of Italian luxury house Moschino after 10 years of wild and wacky fashion shows and his elegant dressing of numerous celebrities.

The company made the announcement Monday.

Moschino fashion house creative director Jeremy Scott, right, appears on the runway with a model after the collection was presented during New York Fashion Week in September 2021. Photo: AP Photo

“Scott has penned a fundamental chapter in the legacy of the brand with his fearless and show stopping pop-camp style and incisive humour – true to the renowned codes of the house,” the company said in an email statement.

The American designer took over at Moschino in October 2013 with a groundbreaking autumn/winter collection that, according to the statement, “launched a thousand debates on the role of fashion in the annals of art, consumerism and social commentary”.

A model wears a sculptural creation as part of the Moschino autumn/winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, unveiled during the Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, in February 2022. Photo: AP Photo

The Missouri-born Scott has put out collections that focused his pop culture and tongue-in-cheek lens on Barbie, aliens and Ronald McDonald. Katy Perry, Madonna, Rita Ora and Zendaya are among celebrities who have worn his creations.

Most recently, he dressed a handful of A-listers for the Oscars, including putting Angela Bassett in a stand-out custom ultraviolet hand-draped gown with a huge bow neckline.

Designer Jeremy Scott with Megan Thee Stallion, left, MJ Rodriguez, centre, and Ariana DeBose at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala in May 2022, in New York. Photo: AP Photo

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