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...Pale pink and an ultra feminine aesthetic were seen through a different prism at Simone Rocha’s guest collection for Jean Paul Gaultier....
...Surrealist food installations by chef-cum-artist Laila Gohar for brands including Dover Street Market and Simone Rocha have wowed on Instagram, and a new breed of “food creatives” are creating visually dynamic...
...“Demographics is an opportunity, not a destiny . . . the work still has to be done to tell young voters in Texas why they are Democrats,” says Rocha....
...The 32-year-old designer follows in the footsteps of Simone Rocha, Proenza Schouler, Christopher Kane and Bella Freud, which have all previously collaborated with J Brand....
...The architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha told me once this was because, as “a postcolonial” country, “we are condemned to be modern”....
...(See the Versace show last September, with a smoking hot J-Lo in the foreground, my comparatively “relatable” face in the background.)...
...The J Paul Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Drive, 90049 (+1310-440 7300; getty.edu/museum). LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, 90036 (+1323-857 6000; lacma.org)....
...Galerie J Kugel, 25 Quai Anatole France, Paris 75007 (+331-4260 8623; galeriekugel.com)....
...Other spring/summer 2015 shows to watch this week come from Emilia Wickstead, who dresses the Duchess of Cambridge, Simone Rocha, daughter of designer John Rocha, who is known for imaginative use of fabric...
...Sasha Sarokin, buying manager at Net-a-Porter, says: “J Crew’s sequinned culottes will make you feel in the mood for a party, and the masculine tailoring stops you feeling overdressed....
...You could buy, say, Sophia Webster for J Crew’s printed twill pumps (£320), or a Balenciaga beaded bracelet (£336), or . . . a pair of socks....
...Luckily, there is yet another emerging generation to distract: Bora Aksu, Fyodor Golan, J JS Lee, Eudon Choi and Simone Rocha, all of whom showed collections that looked accomplished beyond their years....
...Then there’s J. Crew, beloved of Michelle Obama. “If Audrey Hepburn were alive today she would be wearing J. Crew,” says war reporter Janine di Giovanni....
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