Dark heroines inspired the collection’s tension between girlishness and grunge.

Sarah Burton took cues from the clubs of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district in the late Seventies and early Eighties for another youthful, rebellious McQ collection.

The indie spirit of youth subculture gave McQ pre-fall an underlying edgy spirit.

McQ Alexander McQueen’s spring collection nodded to punk and club kid references while maintaining a wearable sensibility.

This season, McQ explored the realm of combining contradictory sides.

Sarah Burton mixed the dainty with the hard-edged in a McQ contemporary collection that hit all the right notes.

This contemporary collection’s focus was on inventive fabrications, with a straightforward approach to the silhouettes.

The collection is rapidly evolving from its street culture roots into a full wardrobe.

The street always factors into McQ collections, but for pre-fall its influence was noticeably toned down.

Nodding to the Nineties, the McQ Alexander McQueen collection took a rebellious approach to the house’s signatures – to cool effect.

The collection channeled the energy of the Arab Spring, underground raves and travelers in layered looks with a lived-in feel.

There was a clear focus to this season’s collection, allowing fabrics and demonstrative details to shine.

Japan was the inspiration behind the youthful and cool lineup for fall.

Leather panels sewn on jeans accentuated the rebellious theme, as did prints commissioned from a tattoo artist.

This season, leopard and tartan were the favored prints at the brand.