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"  Simone Rocha&amp;#039;s Fall 2014 inspiration notes sound vague, but seeing the subtly ruffled, embellished, sometimes deconstructed, young yet ultra-feminine, tartan, snakeskin printed, sheer, somehow quite English collection walk the runway lends instant clarity. It reads, in part: &amp;quot;Elizabethan, young and rebellious\u2026.Exaggerated hips and hearts \u2014 a wolf howling. Pink and bright red brushed wool tulle and gold embellished checks, strict and strong.&amp;quot; They&amp;#039;re the kind of clothes that surprise and make you look twice, consider and think about. In other words: refreshingly original. BAZAAR spoke with the designer about the season. HB: Where did the Elizabethan era idea came from? SR: I actually went to see a show in the National Portrait Gallery of 16th Century Oil paintings and that was where I originally started thinking about it. I always look at femininity and I really wanted to look back and see where it started. HB: What were the aesthetic elements of that time that really spoke to you? SR: Emphasis on the hips and the elongated shoe, all the embellishment was decoration for them, but I wanted to really embed it into the clothes. HB: You used such an interesting array of colors between that deep yellow and light pink, what was your inspiration there? SR: It was really pulling highlights from references of the paintings, something monochrome would have a pink or red highlight coming through and I wanted to take that angle and really flesh it out in the collection. HB: Your pieces always have such amazing details, from the embellishments, to interesting pleating, is that your main focus? SR: Yes it&amp;#039;s super important. For me I really want every piece to be really special and to have so much more than you might expect. HB: Do you start with shape then add embellishment? SR: It depends, because sometimes it&amp;#039;s very organic and I can start with fabrication and the embellishment comes later, or it all kind of happens at the same time. HB: Who do you see as your girl? SR: I think she&amp;#039;s a young, strong, modern, feminine girl. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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