Intersection Magazine Car Covers

24 March 2008

As a first post I thought I’d show a project on which I’ve been working for a long time, finally taking shape.
We’ve asked 6 different fashion designers from 6 different cities to produce a car cover, tailored on the body of the Alfa Romeo Brera.
Each designer had complete creative freedom, and each came up with a design that perfectly represented their style.

Adam Kimmel, from New York City, went on the road in Italy and collected gas station attendants’ outfits, sewed them together and let the arms loose, so that a wind machine installed inside the car could lift them up when switched on:

Visvim, from Tokyo, used technical outerwear material, Gore Tex and taped sealing, to create a simple and functional cover:

Maison Martin Margiela, from Paris, made a simple white cover out of cotton, then photographed the actual car from every angle, and printed the images on the cover, resulting in a “trompe l’oeil” effect, very much in line with their usual installations:

Ksubi, from Sydney, did the most abstract cover. It’s basically a big black box, a rectangular monolith, hovering above the car, with a white light underneath giving it an even more eerie look:

Richard James, from London, used the look of traditional bespoke tailoring to create a perfectly-fitting cover, with details of “unfinished” patterns and sewing:

Bless, from Berlin, put their humorous touch to the project, by crafting an extremely precise and detailed cover (with carefully formed shapes for the wipers, wheels, exhaust pipes, door handles, etc…), which, when not fitted on the car, can be turned into a couch, filled with foam and inflatable objects of all sorts:

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