Mercedes’ G-Class leaves mud behind to become Fashion Week art work

LONDON: Mercedes’ enormous G-Class is taking an unusual detour onto the catwalk, and together with fashion brand Moncler, the manufacturer has pimped its off-roader into a work of luxury fashion and sent it to Fashion Week in London.

In a tribute to Moncler’s shiny ribbed puffer jackets, a convertible version of the G-Class has been given huge shiny tyres and a soft top in the same look as the fashion house clothes, according to the manufacturer.

Besides looking like a designer handbag on wheels, the “Project Mondo G” design is full of peculiar contrasts, and while the paint on the G-Class is matt, the buffer decals shimmer and sparkle brightly in the headlights.

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The soft, wavy shapes of these elements also stand in stark contrast to the clear, angular design of the G-Class, says Mercedes design chief Gorden Wagener, praising this contradiction as particularly inspiring.

Officially, the project is only about exploring new ideas, but Sales Director Britta Seeger is already hinting that there could be more to come soon.

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And a look at recent automotive history supports this assumption: About 10 years ago, Daimler’s Smart designers initiated a very similar project with the US artist Jeremy Scott – and then actually produced a limited series of the small car with the fashion designer’s famous angel wings.

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College for Creative Studies students team up with Carhartt to create sustainable fashion

During their 2022 Fall/Winter semester, students at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit had the opportunity to team up with Dearborn-based workwear company, Carhartt. Fashion Design and Color and Materials Design students were tasked with creating a story of sustainability using returned and damaged Carhartt garments.

a person with shoulder-length hair poses in an oversized green outfit with the Carhartt patch during golden hour
Face Mask Slip On shoe, designed and modeled by Shannon Berr.

Aki Choklat is the Linda Dresner Endowed Chair in Fashion Design at CCS. He says Detroit has a thriving fashion community on the rise.

“We have many companies that have already come to us,” Choklat tells CultureShift. “When Bottega Veneta came to do their show, we were all kind of freaking out. It really brought a lot of attention to Detroit.”

The course split the class into four groups, each having its own unique prompt to work with. Most of the students in the course are native to Detroit and metro Detroit and were inspired by their own communities to create clothing for people in everyday working situations.

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Deconstructed Work Apron, designed by Nassim Haghighi, Mikayla Hoak, Mary Elizabeth James and Sofia Proen.

Choklat says this course, like so many other classes at CCS, are created to give students a real-world view of their industries.

“Anthropological field study is really important. We sent the students out there to observe… They went out there and they connected with the people in the neighborhood. So that’s a really important part of the research.”

One of the four personas the students created designs for were the urban farmers here in Detroit. They designed a pair of pants and two pairs of shoes using materials like puffer jacket samples, face masks and scrap leather.

Choklat says designers need to have a wide variety of skills to keep up with a changing fashion industry.

“They

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