In pictures: Bora Aksu

The delicate fabrics, in soft pastels of grey, cream, flesh and black, were layered one upon the other in cascades of ruffles across the bodices of shirt dresses and formed whirling skirts on little skating-styles dresses.

Aksu’s girl is far from girly, however, with her tough edge underscored by patterned leather harnesses and bodices

And the above-the-knee hemlines revealed black beaded tights – an emerging trend at this London Fashion Week - and cuffed ankle-boots encrusted with Swarovski crystals.