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John Rocha is a renowned fashion designer who has been in the industry for over three decades. He is best known for his signature style of combining traditional craftsmanship with modern design. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the British Fashion Council's Designer of the Year Award in 1997. Rocha was born in Hong Kong in 1953 and moved to Ireland with his family when he was five years old. He studied fashion at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, and then went on to work for a number of fashion houses in London. In 1985, he launched his own label, John Rocha, and has since become one of the most respected names in the fashion industry. Rocha has also designed costumes for the stage and screen, including the musicals "Mamma Mia!" and "The Phantom of the Opera." He has also collaborated with a number of high-profile brands, including Swarovski, Waterford Crystal, and Wedgwood. Rocha is married to Odette Rocha, and the couple have two children. He is 67 years old.

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Occupation Designer
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 23 August, 1953
Birthday 23 August
Birthplace Hong Kong, British Hong Kong
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is John Rocha's Wife?

His wife is Odette Gleeson

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Children Simone Rocha

John Rocha Net Worth

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2015

In April 2015 he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design at The Asian Awards.

2014

In 2014 Rocha showcased another Spring/Summer collection at London Fashion Week and announced his retirement from the event, stating that At this point in my life I want to live by my calendar and not the Fashion Week calendar. Stopping allows me to do that.

2010

In 2010 Rocha was one of six contemporary, internationally renowned Irish fashion designers featured on a set of Irish postage stamps issued by An Post. The other designers featured were Paul Costelloe, Louise Kennedy, Lainey Keogh, Philip Treacy and Orla Kiely.

2008

By 1993, he was named Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards. Rocha runs his own "John Rocha", "John Rocha Jeans", "Rocha John Rocha" and "John Rocha Jewellery" labels alongside a diffusion clothing, homewear and accessories label for the department store Debenhams. Rocha has also designed the interiors of the Morrison Hotel in Dublin and the Orion Building in Birmingham. He was awarded the 'Special Award' at the Ernst and Young Irish Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2008 which took place in the City West Hotel in Dublin on 23 October 2008.

2006

Rocha continues to produce a 'pret-a-porter' womenswear and menswear range which he showcases twice annually at the British Fashion Council sponsored London Fashion Week (February & September). His John Rocha lifestyle boutique opened on Dover Street, London, in 2006. His design business, operating as Three Moon Design, is located at Dublin's Ely Place with a turnover of €200 million per year

2002

Rocha was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 for his contributions to the British fashion industry.

1980

He moved to Ireland after graduating from the Croydon School of Art, London. Known for his hand-crafting, beading and appliquée to garments, Rocha first established a name for himself with his Chinatown label in Dublin in the 1980s and later designing clothing for both men and women in the Irish high street stores A Wear and their luxury stores Brown Thomas. Rocha designed a range of cut crystal stemware and vases for Waterford Crystal in collaboration with glass designer Marcus Notley, until that firm's closure in 2008. The brand relaunched in 2010 and Rocha's crystal product ranges became available again.

1953

John Rocha CBE (born 23 August 1953) is a Hong Kong born fashion designer who is based in Ireland.