Simone has been able to expand to having four stores in locations such as New York, London and Taiwan showcasing her furniture and hand-made sculptures.

''Her mother, Odette, born in Dublin, where Simone also grew up, has been pivotal as a business partner first to her husband and now her daughter''.

[7] Before applying at the National College of Art and Design, she says, ''when I was in school I was a really bad student, I was dyslexic so I found it challenging.

[8] She then studied under the late Louise Wilson, who ran the fashion department at Central Saint Martins in London.

[9] She mentioned that “I hadn't had a huge amount of respect for authority before, but with Louise, I was so engaged, so in awe and scared of her but I wanted to impress her.

So I was lucky I got accepted.”[8] Rocha showed her graduate collection at the Tate Modern gallery,[3][10] and in London Fashion Week for the first time in 2010.

[11] Her first fashion installation was in the window of Dover Street Market in London, with the company the first to stock Rocha's designs.

Rocha has been able to modernise Elizabethan and Victorian silhouettes as she uses traditional decorative feminine accoutrements of pearls, lace, patchwork and handwork along with pink neoprene.

When asked ''We know that women of all ages and styles wear and treasure your clothes – but who is the Simone Rocha man?

The house '' had a number of selling points: It was located in the historic De Beauvoir Town neighborhood, a happy bike ride from her atelier, and it had a garden, now planted and designed by Rocha's friend the landscape artist Matt Wright.

[6] Her brother, Max Rocha, is the owner and head chef of Cafe Cecilia, a popular East London restaurant.

But thankfully after taking a bread making course with his mother, Odette, he fell in love with cooking leading him to his success today.