Designing woman
From her sophomore runway presentation at London Fashion Week to the launch of a pop-up store in Dublin’s Havana boutique, and garnering stockists and plaudits in equal measure, this young Irish designer’s star is in the ascendant.
Given the fickle nature of fashion, and notwithstanding the economy and comparisons with her designer dad, John Rocha, this is no mean feat, since she has only recently graduated from London’s Central St Martin’s College. Simone’s ‘overnight’ success is a not-so-tiny triumph, a testament to her credibility and cool.
