SIMONE ROCHA IS AN IRISH FASHION DESIGNER KNOWN FOR REWORKING VICTORIAN AND ELIZABETHAN SILHOUETTES WITH MODERN MATERIALS, AN AESTHETIC DRAWN FROM HER MIXED IRISH AND CHINESE HERITAGE. BORN IN DUBLIN IN 1986 TO DESIGNER JOHN ROCHA, SHE STUDIED AT DUBLIN'S NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN BEFORE COMPLETING HER MA AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS UNDER LOUISE WILSON. SHE LAUNCHED HER LABEL IN 2010 WITH A SHOW AT LONDON FASHION WEEK AND OPENED HER FIRST FLAGSHIP ON LONDON'S MOUNT STREET IN 2015. HER COLLECTIONS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR SIGNATURE USE OF PEARLS, LACE, TULLE, AND UNEXPECTED TEXTURES LIKE NEOPRENE, OFTEN PAIRED WITH SCULPTURAL, ROMANTIC SILHOUETTES.