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.

Pic­tures from Lon­don Fash­ion Week