Of course, fans would have had a difficult time getting to this runway location. Casa Malaparte, a house commissioned by eccentric Italian writer Curzio Malaparte is built on a cliff overlooking the Gulf of Salerno and can only be accessed by foot or by boat.

The house and Godard’s “Le Mépris” captivated the designer when he launched his label 15 years ago, and the show “marks a full-circle moment,” said the brand in a press release.

The models made their way up and down a staircase that makes up part of the roof of the house in ensembles Jacquemus described as architectural shapes emerging “with absolute lightness and sensuality,” “cascading, peeling back, curving low down the sides of the body or revealing through sheer mousseline like a layer of water.”

“I decided to create my brand after watching ‘Le Mépris’ from Jean-Luc Godard, being inspired by the beauty and modernity of his vision,” the designer wrote on Instagram.

Jacquemus is known for scenic runways. In June last year, he presented an eveningwear collection at Versailles inspired by Princess Diana and Jacques Demy’s 1970 absurdist film adaptation of the 17th-century fairy tale “Peau d’Ane,” (“Donkey Skin”), while for his 10th anniversary show he ventured into Provence’s lavender fields.