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What to wear with my Aston Martin Cygnet ?

I do know that Aston Martin is a very sexy car! But there is a minor issue with Cygnet, it is based on a Toyota iQ. The best looking small car with pathetic infrastructure, welcome real world :)

I really admire the work of Aston Martin design team, they have created the best looking small car from a Toyota, and I consider this as a great achievement!

A few hours ago, I have just seen the new pictures of Cygnet! And I assume that, it will be ladies the most favourite car :) Cygnet is offered by various paint jobs. You can have animal print, your favourite paint or anything else. It is totally unlimited! This is very good way to add a character to a car, and differentiate it on market. Cygnet seriously needs this!

Everyone knows, that’s a Toyota, but offering a unique character to each individual model will help people forget the Toyota factor hindered inside the body!

Anyway, after this unique paint job offering, I am pretty sure that, many ladies who never thought about the Cygnet will be yearning to own one with their favourite animal print. Why? Because, it will be matching with their hand bags and shoes ;) And you might see this kind of fashion photo in Vogue in near future :) Which shoes fits with your Cygnet best ! Cars are becoming part of fashion ;)
Picture are from;
Aston Martin and Net-A-Porter Websites
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Cars Fashion

Mercedes SLS AMG and Pamela Anderson’s Boobs!

I am pretty sure that, anyone who is reading this blog knows who Pamela Anderson is! She became famous with Bay Watch and her silicone boobs :) Actually she became an icon for charming woman and for silicones also. Nobody could deny her contribution to silicone implants business! Therefore she should be awarded for this :)
Again Mercedes SLS AMG; a few days ago I have checked our retro iconic car’s configurator website. And I noticed something. SLS AMG does not have the AMG suspensions as standard, like E Coupe does not have the AMG suspensions as standard. For E Coupe, that’s normal because it is an AMG or nobody have written AMG next to its name. So, people can pay extra for AMG suspensions in an E Coupe. However, SLS AMG has the brilliant marketing tactic and offering AMG suspensions in an AMG car which cost ridiculous expensive as an €1428 option! Yes, in Germany you have to pay €1428 for AMG suspensions in SLS AMG. I mentioned Germany specifically, because this option will cost more in other countries.
Let’s combine the Pamela Anderson and SLS AMG. Unfortunately, SLS AMG is not charming like her or iconic like her. But let’s think in this way, Pamela Anderson without her silicones will be senseless! And everyone knows this; in TV series, TV shows or movies her silicones are the eye catching point. Also she is making wealth by show business! For instance, if Pamela Anderson receives an offer to act in TV Series, will she add extra “silicone boobs” fee? Of course not, she knows that people love her silicones and that’s one of the main consistent of her brand image. So she won’t ask something ridiculous like this. Let’s summarize it very clearly; Mercedes SLS AMG’s optional AMG suspensions have the same senselessness of Pamela Anderson to ask for extra fee for her silicones!
People will not care if Pamela Anderson asks for more fee but asking for more for suspensions will not be accepted like that ;)
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Cars Fashion

What to wear with Viktor&Rolf?

Recently, I have posted an interesting dress from Viktor&Rolf. I am not a fashion expert but for spring summer collection it will be a very warm dress! Probably someone who buys this dress will have a sauna effect without going to sauna!
I have suggestion to for people who will buy this dress! If you are planning to wear this dress, you have to drive something fits with this dress. I am not talking about shoes or bag, I am talking about cars! You cannot wear this dress and drive a Mini or Audi A4. They will not fit with the dress and also you will not able to fit into car with this dress. So my suggestion is Mercedes G55 AMG!
As you can see this car have the aggressive look of Viktor&Rolf’s dress and their colors are matching. Most probably you will fit into car without any problem :)
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Interpretation of VW CrossGolf by Paris Fashion Week

Geneva Motor Show and Paris Fashion Week are very important events for their industry. Yes, fashion is an industry also ;) In both these events, companies are introducing their new designs, new products. These events are exciting for people who are interesting to see new designs and new products. It is the same for fashion and automotive.
However, every new product or design is not the smart! In Geneva Motor Show, VW announced its new Golf! That’s a product line extension, CrossGolf. That’s something between Tiguan (Small SUV) and Golf Plus (Taller Golf). Actually, it is something totally pointless! VW already had a pointless car CrossPolo and its sales performance is similar to Britney Spears’s album sales when she was crazy! Anyway, CrossGolf is defined as “Cleverly designed CrossGolf closes the gap between MPV and SUV”. Very very very interesting!
VW, why do you search for vehicles which have no future! I know that, PowerPoint slides and statistics show revelant data for this segment but it is just a waste of energy and resource. I am pretty sure that, there are some people will buy CrossGolf. However their percentage will less than people who are going to buy this dress for summer from Viktor&Rolf :)

Pictures are from;
VW and Viktor&Rolf Websites

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Fashion Magazines vs. Car Magazines: Something in common!

When I started reading at the age of six (I think), at the same time I started reading car magazines. Now I am 28, probably I have been reading those magazines for 21 years! Like cars started to change and evolved, car magazines started change and evolve. Now they are more objective and make better judgements and more entertaining and most talking about dreams. Honestly, cars are not very entertaining unless you own one ;) And if you cannot own the exquisite ones, you will have a dream of those cars. You want to read, you want to see them. Magazines are providing those, dreaming while awake! This is one of the reason why people buy car magazines, they want to learn about something which they cannot own or see in real life.
And last one decade, I started to read fashion magazines. Actually I started from GQ, man fashion magazine. And time to time I read Vogue, actually I was very curious about that magazine. It was so thick and heavy for magazine! It was like a book which is published totally brand new every month. Then I took and look what is inside that so thick magazine. Like thick car magazines, it is dominated by advertisements! Advertisements are not boring like the one on TV. They also educating customers on new products ;) I also realized something, fashion magazines are opening the gates of exclusive brands. People can see the details of new shoes, colors of new handbag from Italy. The dresses they dream all day, they can see the details on those magazines. Even if you cannot afford the brand you adore the most, you can look at them in magazines.
You can see that car and fashion magazines are offering the same thing. Day Dreaming! Despite this similarity, they both ignore each other. For car magazines, fashion is not important (eq. Jeremy Clarkson’s sense of fashion.) and for fashion magazines, cars are boring. It is very rare to see each of them together in one magazine. GQ is doing this very well but only GQ!
Let’s think in a different way, people who are looking at those expensive shoes and dresses are also potential customers of exquisite cars. They may not be wondering the cars’ torque levels but they want something nice; because nobody wants to travel with designer brand in a car which looks dull. And for people who are looking at car magazines should wear something to cover their body. If they can afford to buy those cars, they can also afford those fashion brands. Even if, they cannot neither car nor clothes; associating two different types of goods in one magazine will help readers to associate exquisite cars with designer brands. And they when see a Maserati, they might recall Etro or Fendi; also when they see Christian Louboutin, they might recall Ferrari.
It is that simple!
Pictures are from;
Net-A-Porter, TopGear, Vogue Turkey Website

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Hyundai vs. Louis Vuitton

Hyundia and Louis Vuitton are totally two different planets. They have share nothing in common! Their target groups are different, people who preffer Louis Vuitton don’t prefer Hyundia and it goes on like this. I know there might be some exceptions but they are totally two different brands. Until now!
Recently Hyundia US started to show a new commercial for New Sonata which using luxury icons like lobster, caviar, mega yacht and luxury basket ball. However, there something odd here! Boys are playing with a ball which has the same brown color with Louis Vuitton bags! And the logos on the ball are recalling LV. Actually Hyundia did not accept this and they are on court right now. Interesting case ;)
Here is the commercial; or click this link http://www.twitvid.com/0A585

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Cars Fashion

Mercedes AMG Shoes :((((

Santoni for AMG. This is a part of promotion of Mercedes SLS AMG. Not my favourite :( It did not manage to create the same pure sense of design, excellence of performance, distinctive soul of Mercedes Racing Heritage. It is just a engineering perfection with retro design and the same interior with Mercedes E Coupe. Same Interior! Buttons are the Same!
As I understood from the PR campaign, there are some bits of Porsche Design! SLS AMG is an iconic car, life style etc etc etc. Actually I don’t agree, it does not have a unique design! Similar to Porsche Design, they are now offering shoes from Italian shoe maker Santoni. Except one or two models which are very similar to Camper shoes, the rest of the collection is quite nice. There are some similarities with Hogan shoes but they are nice until the moment you see the AMG word.
I really like Mercedes but I do not find AMG cool! You cannot make a brand cool or exquisite or desirable in couple of months. You must invest invest invest! Actually AMG’s current position is doing really well. It is still a modification company. You did not reveal a design philosophy, I know with current managers AMG is in the excellence of its era. But you should wait more! Anything with Mercedes or AMG logo is not cool for life style, there is a long way to become Porsche Design!
Pictures are from;
Santoni for AMG Website
Autoblog.com
Hogan Website
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French Cars vs. French Fashion

Last one decade French cars’ reputation disappeared as the Deutsch Mark disappeared from the economy. Twenty years ago, French cars were both providing exquisite design with high quality. Chanel No.5 was the completing figure of a French car.
As the competition increased on world and French car could not offer new technologies like Germans do it, they started to lose their competition power. People did not wish to buy French cars for that price and they a bit lowered their prices and lowered their quality. However, lowering quality is an addiction! Once you do, you will always do it and they did it. From hydraulic suspensions in Citroën to torsion bar suspensions. Torsion bar suspension is a cheap alternative for conventional suspension system, it does not handle well, does not ride in comfort and sometimes one of your rear tires might be on air. Because, torsion bar suspensions do not let tire to travel and touch the ground. You can see this in many French cars and in some Toyotas. However Germans do not offer any technology like this.
Renault, Peugeot, Citroën went down and down in 2000s, except Peugeot 206 they could not offer any eye catching or exciting car. Also their production quality serious went down, many French cars are became a synonym for bad quality. I don’t think that they deserve this but they did not show any effort to clear this image.
Actually there is one more French car brand, Bugatti. But it has a complicated history. When the Bugatti was first found in in Molsheim, it was a part of Germany after WWI, it became a part of France. Now Bugatti is owned by VW and it has the most powerful car ever produced. So, French cars brands still have chance.
Hopefully, French fashion industry is not as bad as their car industry. Every year, French fashion brands introduce better designs and never face a decline like car brands. I am not a fashion expert but French car companies can learn from fashion brands.
Pictures are from;
Renault Website
Vouge Website Paris Fashion Show
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Smaller Engines, Higher Heels

Ten years ago, we had relatively different world! Google was not in our lives, we were using mobile phone just for talking, Subaru Impreza was looking very cool, turbo was something you could find in Impreza also, Adidas was not selling Porsche Design shoes in every shop, high definition TV was nothing, Wikipedia was not around us.
Year 2000 sounds very close but ten years passed just blink of an eye. We did not realize but our life dramatically changed with technology. Now we are searching everything from Google, we try to save our relationships with Google search, we communicate with Skype, we are shopping in huge malls, marketing turned into something very vital.
How I come to here? Again I will connect cars with fashion :) Ten years ago BMW 520i was producing 150 horsepower. Today VW announced the Polo GTi, which is producing 180 horsepower from 1,4lt turbo engine. Peugeot 308RCZ will have 1,6lt turbo engine with 220 horsepower. Ten years ago, Mercedes S320 was producing 220 horsepower from 3,2lt petrol engine.
Last summer; while my Cypriot friend was shopping. She was looking for high heeled shoes and she told me that ten years ago these shoes were not that high! I realized during last decade not only engine powers are raised, also heels’ of shoes are raised. Very interesting relation :) However shoes sizes did not downsized like engine! This is also another fact! Now engines are producing more power in small space :) So, ten years ago Yves Saint Laurent shoes had only ten centimetres of heels, now it has fifteen centimetres :)
By this interesting relation; I can definitely say, cars and fashion has influence on each other ;) But please do not try to attach turbo on cloths :)
Pictures are from;
VW Website
Net-A-Porter Website
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Chau Har Lee, worth to look !

Every month I am reading many different magazines to find subject to relate with car :) It is sometimes quite hard but sometimes happens suddenly! This month’s Wallpaper magazine had something very interesting. Wallpaper is a design magazine, in some issues BMW was starring with Bangle’s interestingly designed car! Prize winner of Manolo Blahnik Competition by Chau Har Lee. When I saw her exquisite design of high heels, I wanted to check her website to see her other projects. I was trying to find something to relate with car :) However, what I have found was very interesting shoes design. As a car addicted person, it remained me something very unusual! Front of the shoes look very familiar to radiator grills. I am pretty sure that, except me nobody has ever thought like this. Just show me the only the front of this shoes and don’t mention about anything, I would guess it is a contemporary design concept may be influence by radiator grills.

Of course, my perception to design is not very good. Focusing on cars for long years, made me to perceive every kind of object like a part of a car! From ladies approach, Chau’s design will be loved! It is very obvious that, they would not associate shoes and car radiator like me but if Chau’s design caught a man’s attention and pursued to look for her other designs. Ladies would run after ;) Porsche Design is offering driver shoes for men, I think Chau can offer driver shoes for women ! Ladies are not driving addictive but there are many of them are driving ;)
Pictures are from;
Mercedes Website
Chau Har Lee Website