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Irish clothier Simone Rocha showcased plush toys on the catwalk for her in any other case overtly glamorous assortment at London Trend Week 2024.
Instantly following Haute Couture Week in Paris, the place she was a visitor designer for Jean Paul Gaultier, Rocha debuted a extra grownup aesthetic with an emphasis on voluminous shapes.
Her signature type of bows and layers of tulle was current on the present, on the Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Nice in London, however in a extra discreet method than we’re used to seeing.
A masterclass in overt romanticism, there was elegant tailoring and corsetry with a heavy dose of fake fur: this London Trend Week is the primary the place organizers have banned actual fur from the catwalks altogether. The material was seen on coats and as accents on shoulders and hips.
The Dublin-born designer seems to have used her first Haute Couture Week present as a place to begin for this new course, that includes each the underwear-as-outerwear development and dramatic silhouettes. At her Paris present, she reimagined the well-known tapered bra shapes and lavish styling of Jean Paul Gaultier, incomes excessive reward for paying homage to the model's historical past with stripes and sailor hats, whereas pushing her personal up to date boundaries.
The legendary French designer launched the initiative to showcase visitor designers when he introduced his retirement in January 2020: Rocha was the sixth particular person invited.
The London assortment was a playful method to formal put on: hints of humor have been proven on toys (or probably baggage) that weren’t distinguished as any explicit animal.
Rocha's collaboration with Crocs can be making waves on the runway: The controversial sneakers have been closely adorned with pearls and glitter, a theme that ran via your complete assortment.
Some fashions walked down the church catwalk sporting hoods with unusual peaks and ribbons have been used as outsized earrings. Utilizing unusually formed ribbons appears to be a theme for the Irish designer: in her AW23 assortment she used them as make-up, caught below the fashions' eyes.
Celebrities flocked to the entrance row to see Rocha's newest providing, together with Irish actor Andrew Scott, Euphoria star Maude Apatow, who wore a dramatic black gown and clutching one of many unusual animal toys, the type Alexa Chung and singer Griff.
Some style followers in contrast her assortment to the garments worn by Bella Baxtor, the 19th-century character performed by Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos' movie Poor Issues.
A soundtrack of All Of The Folks by Irish singer-songwriter Grian Chatten matched the eerie and ethereal environment, and the stark venue was the proper backdrop for a present that acquired a well-deserved standing ovation.