Simone Rocha (born 1986 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish international tailor. She is that the daughter of designer John Rocha, and trained at the National College of Art and style, Dublin, and at Central Saint Martins, London. She launched her graduate collection in 2010 at the Tate Modern and in London Fashion Week. She was named Young Designer of the Year in 2014 by Harper's Bazaar, and Womenswear Designer of the Year 2016 at a people Fashion Awards.

Rocha was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1986; her father is dressmaker John Rocha. She later felt that it had been "inevitable" that she would follow in his career, adding that fashion was "100% a part of [her] life". Rocha worked at her father's studio between the ages of 13 and 18. She trained at the National College of Art and style in Dublin, Ireland, and under Louise Wilson at Central Saint Martins in London.

Rocha showed her graduate collection at the Tate Modern gallery and in London Fashion Week for the primary time in 2010. Her first fashion installation was within the window of Dover Street Market in London, with the corporate the primary to stock Rocha's designs. She had an outlet within their store when it absolutely was located on Dover Street and continues to possess one within their new store in Haymarket. within the period, her lines were also stocked by Paris-based boutique Colette. More recently, Rocha has opened independent stores of her own in both London and big apple. In her native Ireland, her only stockist is Havana in Dublin.

Harper's Bazaar named Rocha their Young Designer of the Year in 2014, and in 2016 she was named Womenswear Designer of the Year at land Fashion Awards. Rocha's work has previously been worn by Kate Middleton and Michelle Obama.

In 2018, she collaborated with the Italian brand Moncler as a part of their Genius Collection series.

She is married to cinematographer Eoin McLoughlin, and that they have a daughter together. They board De Beauvoir Town, London, where her design studio is additionally based. She remains hooked to her Irish roots, and is obsessed with literature, praising the work of poet Seamus Heaney and writer Donal Ryan. Her favorite book as an adolescent was Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo.