Rocha graduated from the prestigious Central Saint Martins M.A. program and, upon the presentation of her first collection in 2010, quickly garnered an instant following among fashion insiders and taste-makers; Adrian Joffe of Dover Street Market was an early fan. Born from the deep and lush nature of her native home in Ireland as well as the dynamism of her upbringing in Hong Kong, her designs are highly feminine, captivating, and infinitely provocative. Her vision is one that seems to have no bounds her highly singular designs have since reached a new set of followers that have grown to include stylishly rebellious A-listers like FKA twigs, Billie Eilish, and Chloe Sevigny along with a devoted set of fashion darlings who don Rocha s platform brogues, voluminous, almost gothic dresses, and egg-shaped pearl handbags handbags in cities across the globe. This book is a long, pensive gaze into Rocha s subversive world, one heavily inspired by art, nature, and her dual heritage. A natural bookmaker (Rocha has published an impressive number of collectible zines), this tome is insightfully edited, designed, and crafted, gathering catwalk images, shadowy editorials, and backstage documentation in a manner that stays true to the nature of the world she s created. An absolute essential for any fashion-lover s bookshelf, this monograph is highly anticipated and set to follow in the footsteps of successful authors Rizzoli has published in the past including Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens, Jun Takahashi, and Maison Martin Margiela.
