The enigmatic young designer, one of 11 taking part in the couture shows as invitees, certainly avoided playing it safe with necklines that plunged to the waist and one top that was completely transparent save a few sequins.

“Clothes fit the body like a second skin, as if they come from the body itself. Flesh and fabric entwine, embroideries with crystals and beads appear as precious growth from the skin, revealing a new reality,” the house said.

Picking up the designer's focus on the symbolism of thread, models faces were partially obscured by long white strands.

A floaty sheer pale pink dress was draped vertically in red thread while white thread covered a high-necked black robe in an irregular skeleton-like horizontal pattern.

Rather more wearable designs included a long grey jacket with layers of fabric to one side forming a wave-shaped pattern, and a long blue one-sleeved dress slashed to the thigh.

For the piece de resistance, however, Yiqing Yin took the thread theme to an extreme with the long white strands trailing from hoops creating a six-foot (1.8-metre) wide head-to-toe structure almost completely concealing the model.

Earlier, Lebanese designer Elie Saab went for a more conventional look, with a succession of long, often sheer, dresses embroidered with floral motifs, sequins and lace petals to produce what the designer called a “fragile elegance”.