Armani

On October 25, Rizzoli published the book “Ken Scott” dedicated to the American artist George Kenneth Scott (1919-1991), an eclectic character who, in the early Sixties, renewed fashion with his prints with large flowers and bright colors. An all-round creative, painter and designer who created unforgettable fabrics with all kinds of floral patterns: peonies, roses, sunflowers, poppies, gerberas, repeated over and over again, juxtaposed, overlapping, almost to create hypnotic splashes of colour. Fine esthete, friend of the American art collector Peggy Guggenheim, he immediately breathed her influence and eccentricity and, some time later, under the pseudonym of Ken Scott, he moved to Milan in the midst of the economic boom. Here he sets up a life dedicated to art, fashion but also, in collaboration with other companies, the creation of all sorts of objects: furniture, shoes, dishes, sheets, all always seasoned with a good dose of worldliness. Soon his poetic and flamboyant clothes conquered and dressed the Italian nobility and the international jet set. His bright floral prints become his trademark, a symbol of a flourishing period, sometimes excessive. Stylist and painter with a marked stage presence, he was also the forerunner of unisex clothes, which he then revived in the following decades.

This volume is the first comprehensive monograph on his life and his output and features over 600 images from his personal archive. Through the shots of Guido Taroni and the words of authoritative names in the fashion world, the story of the man and the artist is told. 384 beautiful pages of excessive cost but in line with the entire existence of mister Ken Scott.


Elisa d'Adamo
NP December 2022