John Rocha Spring 2011 | London Fashion Week

Trav­el­ing through the ages in an effort to con­tin­u­ously rein­vent suit­ing for men, John Rocha aban­dons the decon­struc­tion of last sea­son and looks to sharp tai­lor­ing for his lat­est show­ing. Cut from black and bal­anc­ing his sar­to­r­ial vision with a relaxed effort, the mod­ern suit comes together with intri­cate cutouts and an affec­tion for open weave knits. Pre­cise and to the point, the ease in which John Rocha con­structs his man’s uni­form paints a pic­ture of ele­gance with a thrilling edge.

London Fashion Week | John Rocha Fall 2010

Leav­ing behind the roman­tic grace of last sea­son, John Rocha approaches dark ter­ri­tory with a wild decon­struc­tion of suit­ing and out­er­wear. Jux­ta­pos­ing relaxed tai­lor­ing with loosely draped fab­rics, Rocha rebels against the tra­di­tional struc­ture of menswear in pref­er­ence of a sea­son that calls for a sophis­ti­ca­tion that is a lit­tle raw around the edges.

Spring 2010 | John Rocha

It is no sur­prise that fash­ion is a grad­ual process for Ire­land based designer John Rocha. For the spring sea­son, Rocha fol­lows sil­hou­ettes that are sim­i­lar to his fall col­lec­tion. The main dif­fer­ence is that Rocha has traded in dark luxe furs for vari­ants of a soft­en­ing white. Inspired by the work of sculp­tor Alexan­der Calder, Rocha attacks the sea­son with a dandy use of fab­rics and color. How­ever, he uses the sil­hou­ettes to his advan­tage, pay­ing close atten­tion to cut in order to sculpt a mas­cu­line look. Always a dar­ing task in menswear, over­size bil­low­ing out­er­wear con­trasts suit­ing pieces that are more tapered in com­par­i­son. Alto­gether, Rocha suc­cess­fully mar­ries the ele­gance of the con­tem­po­rary gen­tle­man to the edgi­ness of a per­former with mod­ern appeal.

John Rocha Fall 2009

Designer John Rocha was born in Hong Kong, but is cur­rently based in Ire­land. Rocha is known for his fas­ci­na­tion with sil­hou­ette, sur­face, and tex­ture. While other design­ers worry about recession-​​friendly fash­ion, Rocha’s fall col­lec­tion dis­plays a refined lux­ury. Using dark tweeds and furs, Rocha cre­ates a col­lec­tion of relaxed out­er­wear and cropped trousers. Inter­est­ing is Rocha’s use of fur to accent a blazer. It just proves that the econ­omy can be hit hard, but there will always be those cre­ative spir­its who rebel.

John Rocha Spring 2009

“I am not dri­ven by trend, I think per­haps my style is more about explor­ing a sense of beauty in sil­hou­ette and sur­face and tex­ture. Each col­lec­tion is an organic devel­op­ment of ideas that may have begun the pre­vi­ous sea­son, and through which I con­sider the form and the details. So for me there is a nat­ural pro­gres­sion between col­lec­tions. In all my work I hope to cre­ate pieces that are beau­ti­ful, eclec­tic and a lit­tle idio­syn­cratic.” –John Rocha [LFW]

Appre­ci­a­tion List

• Top left photo: cropped blazer sleeves

• Top right photo: cut of waist­coat; goes over shoul­der like hal­ter.  Inno­v­a­tive, but still wearable.

• Pop of color

• Slim sil­hou­et­ted cropped pants

Pic­tures from Lon­don Fash­ion Week

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