Simone Rocha
Designer: Simone Rocha

• “A proportions-tinkering journey rife with some impracticalities (supersheer nude skirting or leopard PVS shifts, anyone?) and peppered with sweet detailing (veiled bows in the hair; funky flatforms or oxfords on the pieds).” [Daily Front Row]
• “‘It was a tribute to both my grannies,’ said Simone Rocha backstage after her show. They’ve gotta be some proud ladies. Chic too, by the looks of it.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “You might imagine this collection, based on two old ladies, to look retro. But this is Rocha’s great skill, being able to translate these personal stories–all of her collections are autobiographical–into clothes that pulse with modernity and resonate with hip young girls.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “Grandma chic has very rarely looked this good.” [fashionologie]
• “Rocha’s opening looks set the tone for a strong collection, which, despite being based on the designer’s grannies, felt clean and cool.” [The Guardian]
• “Granny chic was combined with girly glamour.” [i-D Online]
• “Charming.” [International Herald Tribune]
• “An invigorating blend of old-world styling meets new-world attitude.” [Refinery29]
• “With her father, designer John Rocha, sat proudly on front row and her mother dressed top to toe in SR designs backstage, Simone Rocha’s latest collection, entitled ‘Respect your Elders’, certainly lived up to its name.” [SHOWstudio]
• “There was an aura of tentative sexiness that felt new, and a clutch of looks that had a rather adult tone of matter-of-factness. But none of this felt like a leap so much as an incremental advance; bit by bit, the Rocha gamine is growing up.” [Style.com]
• “What she does has immense charm and freshness, but this girl’s no princess.” [Vogue.com]
• “It’s the way that Rocha handles these pieces and ideas that keeps her interesting, young and fresh–there’s a kooky and brilliant awkwardness that caters to a London girl’s stylistic sensibility: she wears a prim and pretty dress but she wears it with glitter brogues (they came in pink and gold this season) or velvet loafers.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “A charming ode to her elders.” [WWD]