Simone Rocha presented her fall winter collection at London Fashion Week over the weekend. It moved effortlessly between romance and restraint while as always creating quite a splash, this time in the form of an Adidas Originals collaboration. The show opened with her signature gothic and girly layers of tulle, tweed, and pearls, in silhouettes that magically balanced weight and levity, drama and subtlety.
Amid the familiar references to Irish folklore and tactile tailoring, the Adidas Originals collaboration appeared, with sneakers, track-inspired tops, and branded accents woven into the narrative of the show without dominating it. The result was neither sportswear nor couture, but a deliberate tension between the two worlds, a dialogue on Rocha’s romantic vocabulary and athletic structure.
The casting reflected the same sensibility: models moved with quiet precision, carrying the clothes as extensions of themselves rather than as spectacle. Rocha’s choreography of fabric, proportion, and movement reminds us that her work exists in that rare vacuum where beauty feels inevitable, and experimentation feels natural. A study in contrast and cohesion, the lyricism of Rocha’s vision punctuated with a hint of athletic rigor, a moment where her world and Adidas intersected without compromise.
Discover the collection below.
Photos by Ben Broomfield.