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.TrendingRagebait runway cameos are fashion’s most embarrassing trendThe controversial streamer Clavicular opened a Paris Fashion Week show – but does the instant backlash show that people are finally over the meaningless gimmicks?FashionBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaMusicThe 30 best K-pop tracks of 2025MusicBjörk on nature, new music and working with AI: ‘I’m a digital craftswoman’ReplitLife & CultureJoin Spike Jonze, Reshma Saujani and more at vibeconHEYDUDEFashionHEYDUDE wants you to be outside this summerArt & PhotographyThe most loved photo stories of June 2026FashionManon and fakemink make for unlikely frow-mates at JacquemusFilm & TVThe wildest X-rated films of the 60s and 70sEscape 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