The world’s top auto shows in 2012

NAIAS Detroit

Automakers spent 2011 trying to woo car buyers with ever-greener powertains and ever-more advanced technology, a trend that looks set to continue in 2012. Here, a round-up of the most important auto shows of the year.
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Nina Ricci Spring 2012 Ad Campaign

Nina Ricci Spring 2012

Raquel Zimmermann teams up with Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin once again for the spring 2012 campaign from Nina Ricci.

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London Boat Show to wow with luxury

Boats on the water at the London Boat Show

Visitors to next month’s London Boat Show are set to step into a new world of luxury, with organizers opting to showcase products and services for big-money buyers alongside the boats, even as the global economy continues to shake.

The show will be complemented by a new Luxury Lifestyle & Supercar Showcase aimed at capitalizing on the event’s wealthy audience.

The ‘show within a show’ will feature 50 new brands, including names such as a diamond investment company Elite Gems, designer sunglasses maker Robert Roope, Wayne Pollock bespoke holidays and contemporary fine art by Gallery Rouge.
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Salvatore Ferragamo Spring 2012 Campaign

Ferragamo Gisele

Gisele Bundchen grabs yet another campaign of the season becoming the new face of Salvatore Ferragamo.

For Ferragamo she is feminine and romantic. For Givenchy she goes fierce. And Versace demonstrates us Gisele’s sex appeal.

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Maison Martin Margiela Champagne Bucket

Martin Margiela Champagne Bucket

Maison Martin Margiela presents the Martin Margiela Line 13 champagne bucket ($350), made of stainless steel and styled after a 7-liter paint pail.

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Porsche 911 Speedster Art Car by Miguel Paredes

Porsche Speedster Miguel Paredes

The 2011 911 Speedster art car was created by famous artist Miguel Paredes in collaboration with Champion Porsche for the 2011 Art Basel.

Miguel Paredes, born and raised in New York’s Upper West Side, is an urban realist that specializes in New York graffiti art.

Paredes designed a psychedelic Japanese-inspired visage on the 911 Speedster, replete with colorful tones, a geisha on the hood, and lots and lots of flowers.
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