Fiona Shaw and Alexa Chung Make Surprise Appearances on the Simone Rocha Runway During London Fashion Week

Mar. 15, 2025

Fiona Shaw (left); Alexa Chung.Photo:Stuart C. Wilson/Getty;Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho/Getty

Stuart C. Wilson/Getty;Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho/Getty

Simone Rocha brought out the stars for London Fashion Week.

Shaw, 66, walked the catwalk in a puffy black dress with chain details across the chest and around the bottom of the skirt. She wore minimal makeup and kept her hands tucked into the gown’s pockets.

In an interview withVogue, Rocha said that casting theHarry Potteractress was an intentional nod to the collection’s themes.

“Fiona Shaw is such an iconic Irish actress, and we’ve had so many conversations in the past about the collections — I really felt her stoicness really summed up one of the characters in the show,” the designer explained.

Fiona Shaw.Stuart C. Wilson/Getty

Stuart C. Wilson/Getty

Alexa Chung.Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho/Getty

Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho/Getty

Her dark, shoulder length hair was styled into effortless waves and she wore a dramatic burgundy shade of lipstick.

Chung most recently appeared on the runway for Miu Miu RTW spring 2025 as part of Paris Ready to Wear Fashion Week.

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Rocha’s London Fashion Week show also featured actressesBel PowleyandAndrea Riseborough.

“They’re all so characterful – they just feel very, very, very present," Rocha toldVogueof the cast. “They bring the opposite of an untouchability. A reality. A relatability.”

source: people.com