Simone Rocha

fashion designer, London 

interview by CAROLINE GAIMARI 
photography by HARRY CARR
style by ERIKA  KURIHARA

 

Black bonded wool pvercoat and sparkle wool stole

CAROLINE GAIMARI — You show two times a year in London, but there is something about your collection that isn’t so “London.”
SIMONE ROCHA — I never really feel like my collection is very “London,” and I would say that even though we are here working out of East London, we could be anywhere. I love living here, my team is here, but when I do a collection, I don’t think about London. It would be the exact same collection if I showed in Paris or in New York or in Tibet.

CAROLINE GAIMARI — Is traveling an important part of your process?
SIMONE ROCHA — I really get inspired by traveling. My dad [fashion designer John Rocha] is…