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Born in Fort Wayne, Scott trained at Parsons in New York before making his home in Italy.
Originally a painter (with Peggy Guggenheim as an early fan and patron), his life took a more fashionable turn when Christian Dior selected one of Scott's floral prints for his 1954 Haute Couture show.
Scott's rich, hand-painted florals earned him the nickname Il giardiniere della moda. Women like Jacqueline Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn wore his designs, and his upholstery fabrics decorated residences from Como to Capri.
The Ken Scott Foundation, which has controlled the designer's archive since his death in 1991, recently granted a license to relaunch a women's ready-to-wear collection. The creative reins have been given to Milan design duo (and vintage Scott collectors) Paolo Battaglia and Antonio Ponte. "He's like Emilio Pucci to me," said Ponte.
The pair selected eight of Scott's most iconic prints, from the fifties through the early seventies, as the starting point for the new collection, which features shirt dresses (a Scott signature), jackets, and trench coats, and makes its debut this week.
Battaglia and Ponte opted out of a runway show, but theirs will be no ordinary presentation. A raid of Scott's archive produced the perfect backdrop—tables and consoles from the designer's eccentric 1970s Milan restaurant, Eats and Drinks.
Judging by the number of Milan insiders already collecting vintage Scott—from designers like Angela Missoni and Lawrence Steele to Prada's public relations head, Antonella Di Marco—a rapturous reception seems all but guaranteed.
—Nick Vinson
The Ken Scott presentation will take place on Tuesday, September 27, 5 P.M. - 8 P.M., at 8 Via Carlo Botta, Milan.
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