Simone Rocha
Designer, Simone Rocha
Praised for her forward-thinking and feminine collections, this Irish designer is the daughter of famed British designer John Rocha.
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Simone Rocha’s Saintly Secret
Rocha’s clothes are often beautiful, but they get their weight, their haunting gravitas, from the melancholy that steeps her work.
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Simone Rocha's New Heirlooms
Inspired by Ireland’s wren boys, the exquisite pieces that made up the designer’s latest collection seem destined to become nothing less than heirlooms, worthy of new traditions to come.
Simone Rocha's Private Life
The designer showed a potent new discipline in this collection, after last season left her feeling uncomfortably exposed.
A Hint of Nightmare at Simone Rocha
The boldness of the collection was refreshing because Rocha didn’t feel pushed to blur the hard edges with any of her signature soft touches.
In the Aesthetic Blender
Whereas we were once required to make strong commitments to semiotic tribes, we now live in a ‘Supermarket of Style’ where young people cut-and-paste stylistic identity at will.
Simone Rocha and the End of Innocence
Where last season was all about protection and a militant stance, Rocha’s new collection surrendered to fragility.
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