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Cars and couture: It’s about more than just designer collaborations

Here are our favourite haute hook-ups

THE BECKHAM FACTOR

Victoria Beckham joined forces with Jaguar Land Rover to create her own version of the Range Rover Evoque Special Edition. What resulted – rose-gold interior accents, 20-inch gloss black rims, baseball glove-style stitching and mohair floor mats (which apparently reminded her of when she was chauffeured to school in her father’s Rolls-Royce – how very Posh) helped boost the brand.

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Range Rover Evoque Special Edition

SHOW STOPPERS

German giants Mercedes-Benz take their fashion relationships to the top by pairing 
up with Fashion Weeks across the globe, including Berlin, Istanbul and New York. Its partnership with this month’s Australian Fashion Week stretches back to 1996.

Mercedes-Benz for Fashion Week

A WORLD OF STYLE

Back in 1998, Audi Australia appointed design darling Collette Dinnigan as a 
brand ambassador. Over the years she 
has previewed her runway collections at 
Race Week and now offers unique invitation-only experiences 
for the company’s VIP customers.

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Collette Dinnigan at an Audi event on Hamilton Island

SILK SEATING

Maserati hooked up with another Italian 
style leader, fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna, to create mulberry silk seats for 
its cars. The optional package also features silk door panels, roof lining and sunshades.

Silk seats in the Maserati

A NEW DIRECTION

Lexus is transforming itself into a broader lifestyle brand, as revealed by its amazing new showroom 
in Tokyo’s trendy Aoyama district. The concept shop/cafe/bar called Intersect By Lexus focuses on design, fashion and art, and also offers the Crafted For Lexus range of products, including sunglasses, tote bags, glasswear and leather goods. Continuing its style affiliation, in August the brand will host the Prix de marie claire Awards presented by Lexus.

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Lexus’s showroom in Tokyo’s Aoyama district

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