Wood floors in the new apartment, Couture from the store's department

One of my favourite Yeezy songs ever, there is never a wrong time to play this! The way the model in the video just casually sets fire always inspires me for some reason, I love devil-may-care attitudes. So Couture Fashion Week's started and it's the highlight of my year, you always see the most amazing creations that realistically, very few will buy and wear, but hey they're works of art in their own right!.

I just peeped the Giambattista Valli show and normally I'm not a fan of saccharine sweet collections but this really caught my eye. It's probably because the catwalk included 6 porcelain sculptures dotted around, providing the perfect backdrop for the pieces that were inspired by fine china. My picks of the collection:

There's a definite drama about all the items in this collection, offset perfectly with the pretty floral appliqué. The dresses and separates are all definitively feminine, but they're prevented from becoming too sweet with the minimal colour palette and strategic embellishment. And the red dress pictured just above really reminds me of one of the pieces from the recent H&M Conscious Exclusive collection, as worn by Alicia Vikander: 

With the inclusion of the statues on the runway, the first thing that popped into my head for some reason was Bernini. Don't ask me why, my brain makes tenuous associations between things! But anyway I reaquainted myself with the sculptures, and was reminded why critics praise him so much. Cue The Rape of Proserpina:

 The level of skill and workmanship is crazy, especially when you consider that this was hand carved in marble. To achieve the realistic effect of Hades gripping at Prosperina's skin, or the way in which her curls are suspended in air like a still frame is extremely difficult, and I think this kind of art is a lost form these days,  but in my opinion this is the kinda sh*t that reminds people why Italians were masters of art. Maybe one day I'll find something that I can call my craft...