Fashion / ShowSimone Rocha Womenswear S/S12Innovative use of plastic, rubber and antique embroidery all featured in the talented young designer's new collectionShareLink copied ✔️September 20, 2011FashionShowText Nicholas Smith Simone Rocha Womenswear S/S12 With collection after collection hitting the catwalk forged from the overworked ateliers/attics of some of the most promising graduates for years, this season belongs to them. Of these, CSM has undoubtedly dominated these fledgling showcases from Masha Ma, who transported us to the bleakest of landscapes, to Holly Fulton's coveted Mediterranean dream. Now, Simone Rocha, graduating just last year from CSM's inimitable MA course, presents her third effort, this time for S/S12. From her ongoing inspiration taken from the work of Louise Bourgeois to the bifocal approach to the male and female genus, Rocha, like her fellow graduates has taken inroads into the continued redefinition of modern femininity. Her show this past weekend explored this debate through the unconventional use of materials from sheets of plastic, rubber and even antique embroidery. Developing for herself a new canvas on which to traverse her theories, her textural display of trapping material within material created silhouettes simultaneously fragile and reinforced. Searing hues of hot pink and scarlet red muddled with soothing shades of green on a backdrop of this coming season's emerging Zeitgeist colour of snowy white. Whilst the philosophy of female and male identity continues to play out, Rocha at least has reached a conclusion of her very own. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingIs veganism a privilege? Billie Eilish’s take on meat eaters not being animal lovers has divided the internet and sparked a conversation on meat, classism and racism – young vegans and non-vegans alike weigh inLife & CultureBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaLife & CultureThere is nothing more romantic than friendshipLife & CultureThe case for wiping your Instagram grid SamsungLife & CultureWhat went down at Dazed Club’s drop-in skate session with SamsungFashionIf you think Olivia Rodrigo looks like a sexy baby, that’s on youMusicIs London nightlife ‘so back’?FashionFootball fever! The best merch for the FIFA World Cup 2026BeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy