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In the 90's Carla Zampatti the Australian fashion designer, who recently passed away, worked with Ford and came up with some Lasers and Meteors with her own touch.
One article said she was the first fashion designer to work direct with a motor company styling a car, not sure about that but who knows. [url=https://suwalls.com/motorcycles/kawasaki-ninja-650r-2]
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The lady in the advertising looks like she's from a POW camp in Nazi Germany with how loose her clothes are lol
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Late 80s - 90s fashion franco, honestly, where have you been. Darling.
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I'm sorry for you if you never experienced ownership of a loose fitting Miami Vice jacket in the late 80s. Looked cool at the Parkroyal hotel disco.
Unfortunately couldn't afford the Ferrari Daytona to go with it.
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I remember a salesman showing me the blurb on that when I bought my KB Laser S,
it really did nothing for me at the time, different interior and badges... |
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I think the first designer cars were massive 1970s yank tanks, like lincoln by givenchy.
Lots of cars did denim interiors. A few VW/fiats in europe, levis in the USA did cars like gremlin. Also I remember the reebox nissan pulsar. Also golf, sporting tie ins used to be common. E; Quick search: Gucci also did 1970s AMC Hornet and Cadillac Seville Last edited by oldel; 04-04-2021 at 05:11 PM. |
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Also talks about the 'designer series' Continentals in the range, Cartier, givenchy etc. Complete with neckbeards and elevator music. |
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Yeah, That's what I was thinking of. Those big ford coupes in the 70s with the fake rear mounted spare and the side opera windows was where fashion designers started putting their name on cars.
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Denim interiors - Moke Californian (printed vinyl, actually?), special edition Renault 12 or Virage, can’t remember which but allegedly would stain pale clothes (I think they used proper indigo dyed Egyptian cotton denim).
Remember the Zampatti Laser well - at the time thought those taillights were pretty cool! |
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The wheels look like smaller scale variations of the ugly ones fitted to the Lamborghini Diablo from the 1990s.
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Your youthfulness means you probably missed metric rims and the terribly limited choice of tyres they gave. From memory on some of the later ‘80s LTDs…
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Wont be long, Lloyds will have a barn find one up for grabs
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Yeah, early 80s BMW like that e24 and also some e28s had a metric wheel (trx).
The original 'low profile' tyre and being french, and thinking they don't want anyone else to run their 'low profile' tyres, they made them odd metric sizing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_TRX Wasn't just BMW, a few other euros that used michelin for OE used them. |
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So maybe the salesman thought you were buying it for your girlfriend/wife You weren't wearing a pink shirt at the time?
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That’s smart casual. People have forgotten the “slash neck” sweaters for men, I may still have one.
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Considering this TV show was shot on location in Miami I doubt they would be wearing a sweater. its a Grandad T shirt.
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Who would ever thought a fashion thread would be on a car forum. I had a mullet in the 80's.
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Some motoring celebrities have been known for their dress. LJK Setright’s dapper attire springs to mind immediately, as does Jeremy Clarkson for his permanently-ruffled casual look.
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Peter Wherett. John Wright.
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Yes, Peter Wherett used to " dress up ".
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John Wright used to dress down
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Both PW and his brother gave so much in their engagement with the public, and did well despite a pretty sordid home life.
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