I've always been quite the baroque creature when it comes to beautiful things - more is more, the louder the better - but too chicken to wear tapestry or classic wallpaper prints.
On the high street, it all started with Zara and the little safari parka in stone and black. I wasn't sold. Yet.
I have a special little something to introduce to you - one of my staples since late summer. Meet the contrast sleeve mini-parka by New Look.
Since this last April, the label's creative director Alistair Carr left and was not replaced, Pringle of Scotland seems to be running in test mode - hence, maybe, the decision to swap the show for a presentation at London Fashion Week.
This is where the mythical, biblical, historic and fairytale landscapes, as created by filmmakers and musical score composers of our time, spring into mind as the collection unfolds.