Bora Aksu kicked off this year's London Fashion Week in style.
The Turkish-born but British-based designer featured silk chiffon, embroidery and crochet for his Spring/Summer collection.
He said it was an honour to start the shows in a landmark year for himself.
SOUNDBITE: Designer, Bora Aksu, saying (English):
"It's amazing actually because it also marks my tenth year, so it's my twentieth show at London Fashion Week's official schedule. It's an amazing honour and pleasure really.''
Childhood memories and Turkish trinkets inspired his collection, with models wearing beaded hair clips featuring the evil eye symbol.
SOUNDBITE: Designer, Bora Aksu, saying (English):
"I really thought's that's such a cultural element that I grew up with all the time, it's kind of ward off the evil eye, that's what they believe in, so I wanted to kind of focus on that and build the collection around it.''
Some 58 catwalk shows for spring/summer 2014 will be h
