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Elsewhere, show notes also described the collection as “having an air of scandal to it, with Helmut Newton clichés never too far away.” On the catwalk, Newton’s scantily clad fatales were telegraphed through a section of raunchy work wear, as office sirens appeared in slim spectacles, pencil skirts and lace bralettes, ones that would definitely get you sent home on your first day at the job. Manas and Delepierre may be addressing a serious elephant in the room, but that doesn’t mean their models have to look straight-laced, or become desexualised – it means the opposite. “They have freedom in their skin, a singular sensuality, impertinent, joyful, life-size,” the show notes remind us. “They couldn’t care less about what people think.”

Photography Morgane Maurice