What happens when It Girls grow up? Simone Rocha showed us on her catwalk, enlisting friends and fashion family to model clothes based on intimacy and steely independence. (In the words of her muse, the late artist Louise Bourgeois, 'I do not owe the why to anybody. Any body.') Click through to meet the Coven of Rocha in their natural habitat—the top floor of Burlington House, a.k.a. London's most famous society of artists.
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Natalia Montero
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The 21-year-old poet grew up in the Colombian city of Cali and took her first plane ride ever to Paris last year... because she was walking the Balenciaga fashion show.
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Kesewa Aboah
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A graduate of New York's School of Visual Arts, Aboah has British and Ghanaian heritage and grew up in London. Unlike her big sister Adwoa, she has zero Instagram posts.
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Lindsey Wixson
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The Nebraska native was a Prada campaign star at just 16, but took a break from the industry to focus on ceramics and design. She's now 24 and did one show—Marc Jacobs—in New York.
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Marie Sophie Wilson
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A former actress and current documentary producer, Wilson once starred in a French rom-com with Johnny Depp.
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Jade Parfitt
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Now 40, the London native and mother of 3 was part of the '90s waif squad that included Kate Moss and Michele Hicks.
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Lily Cole
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An actress, environmental activist, and Cambridge University graduate, Cole has a tiny heart tattoo on her wrist first drawn by Heath Ledger.
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Tess McMillan
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The first-ever plus size model that Rocha cast on her runway, McMillan is just 18. Originally from Texas, she's now living the bohemian dream in New York's East Village.
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Ugbad Abdi
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You might recognize this doll-faced teen from opening this year's Marc Jacobs show. Originally from Somalia, her family now lives in Iowa, where she recently got her high school diploma.
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Jeny Howorth
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A former punk music kid, she appeared on a 1985 cover of i-D before becoming a photographer and shooting their fashion spreads herself.
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Conie Valese
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The Argentinian artist learned her craft in Buenos Aires and now lives and works in New York City.
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Kirsten Owen
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A '90s grunge icon, Owen was Helmut Lang's fit model and muse. She now lives in rural Vermont.