Petrolicious just made an article that focuses on the goofy looking outfits the models wore when those odd prototypes were in vogue, and "futuristic" themed models had to look like the extras from Buck Rogers, Star Trek, etc low budget tv sci fi

 

https://petrolicious.com/blogs/articles/outfits-of-future-cars

Thanks Kim! 

one of the rare Fashion Couture crossovers with the automotive field

1924 AGB (Art Goût Beauté) Salon de l'Auto, 

with fashions by Worth, Doucet, Lucien Lelong, Molyneux, Jean Patou, by the artist Paul Poiret in 1925

to see more of the fashion pages in full color like this, from 1910-1930 French magazine: https://hprints.com/en/search/pochoir/2/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10161155051529190&set=gm.2195176954207750&idorvanity=811703519221774

In the 1910s, this oracle of the mode was Paul Poiret, known in America as “The King of Fashion.” In Paris, he was simply Le Magnifique, after Süleyman the Magnificent, a suitable soubriquet for a couturier who, alongside the all-pervasive influence of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, employed the language of Orientalism to develop the romantic and theatrical possibilities of clothing.

Poiret effectively established the canon of modern dress and developed the blueprint of the modern fashion industry. Such was his vision that Poiret not only changed the course of costume history but also steered it in the direction of modern design history.

While Poiret learned his craft at two of the oldest and most revered couture houses, he spent his first decade as an independent couturier not only breaking with established conventions of dressmaking, but subverting and eventually destroying their underlying presumptions. He began with the body, liberating it first from the petticoat in 1903 and then from the corset in 1906.

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poir/hd_poir.htm

Ralph Lauren / Polo and Goodwood connect and make a 1:30 short film

https://www.ralphlauren.com/men-polo-originals-feat?webcat=content-men-polo-originals-feat&ab=NA_PLP_Mens_Polo_Polo_Originals_Slot_1_S1_L1_SHOP

the wonderful Austin Powers would say, "Oh behave!" if he were to discover the swinging London 60s Birds Paradise double decker fashion boutique

How did this not get into ANY of the Austin Powers movies?

https://www.sixtiescity.net/index.shtm

http://historyloversclub.com/1960s-fashion/34/

https://www.flickr.com/groups/1214156@N24/pool/

I just learned of another Dodge advertising and marketing tie in of young womens fashion and Dodge car photo shoots in 1968/69, Miss Teenage America 1968 was Dodge sponsored

1968 teen magazine/miss teenage america/dodge promo

http://capricornonevintage.tumblr.com/post/116979194456/1968-teen-magazinemiss-teenage-americadodge

Hat tip to Geoff Klein and Stiffspeed for the clue that this photo shoot existed!

4 years later, and finally a 2nd photo shows up from the blue Charger fashion clothes photo shoot at Vizcaya museum and gardens in Miami

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-187#post-3038795
I'm just going to go out on a limb and GUESS that this Super Bee was part of that same photo shoot

and based on the architecture, and the license plate's being the same, plus the fashion clothed young women, I think I've finally reunited photos that haven't been seen together in 48 years

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-188#post-3038801

I came across this one 4 years ago... and KNEW that there had to be more from this ad campaign, marketing, advertising thing. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/07/another-of-modeling-with-mopars-photo.html

the location is the mansion and gardens of the VP of International Harvester, James Deering, who bought 180 acres of Miami's Brickell Ave for his winter palace, and had his mansion built in 1916

Built by, and employing an impressive ten percent of the population of Miami over the course of those years—Vizcaya is one of the country’s most intact remaining estates from the Gilded Age, when the nation’s wealthiest industrialists built lavish homes inspired by European examples.

James Deering, Vizcaya’s owner, was retired from his position as Vice President of International Harvester, and his brother and father already had their mansions in nearby Coconut Grove and Cutler.

Deering enjoyed his Florida estate for less than nine years. He passed away in 1925 while returning to the U.S. from France.

Vizcaya suffered extensive damage in Miami’s 1926 hurricane, and due to old age, his brother who inherited it also passed away and Vizcaya went to his daughters who made it a museum by 1935.

They then gave 130 acres of Vizcaya’s property to Mercy Hospital and the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine in the 1940s; the remaining 50 acres, including the Main House, gardens and Village, were conveyed to Dade County in 1951. Included was the donation of the estate’s substantial furnishings and art collection on the condition that Vizcaya be used as a public museum in perpetuity. In March 1953 Vizcaya opened to the public as the Dade County Art Museum.

http://vizcaya.org/centennial.asp

a couple cars from the '20s with fashion couture paint design. Just how long would these remain looking this way before the paint was out of fashion?

this Delaunay Belleville was found on https://www.facebook.com/marc.tudeau?fref=nf

Sonia Dealunay was the designer of the above, with famed illustrator Georges Lepape, to showcase on the cover of the Jan 1925 Vogue the ‘Simultaneous’ dress, next to a ‘Simultaneous’ car, January 1925 and below. The above hood ornament appears to be Avoin Viosin, but the car below was a Citroen.

Most noteable and prestigiously, Sonia Delaunay was the first woman ever to have an exhibition at the Louvre during her lifetime.

1925

http://hazelhomeartandantiques.blogspot.com/2015/07/sonia-delaunay-1885-1979-reaping-what.html
http://www.artbeat123.com/marymac/sandr.html
http://onthisdayinfashion.com/?p=10256
http://www.materiaincognita.com.br/customizacao-de-carros-comecou-ha-um-seculo-com-as-mulheres/

car hats, by Sonia, 1924-28

http://www.palaisgalliera.paris.fr/fr/oeuvre/bonnets-dautomobiliste-sonia-delaunay

update 2017

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155452987224306&set=a.10155452987084306.1073742099.601289305&type=3

another modeling photo shoot for young womens fashions of 1971... with Mopars

Found on http://chromjuwelen.tumblr.com/post/79658173132#disqus_thread but originated on http://phil-are-go.blogspot.com/

another of the modeling with Mopars photo shoots from 1969/70

Found on http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2014/05/19/1969-dodge-charger/

If you're not familiar with what I'm referring to: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/fashion%20couture especially the swimsuit photos of http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/06/first-advertising-for-clothes-featuring.html

a womens fashion photo shoot for Saks and Neiman Marcus taken in the Chrysler assembly line

story from www.motorcities.org via http://sundayslacker.com/2012/02/09/a-special-imperial-collection/

First advertising for clothes featuring Scat Pack Mopars I've come across in a long time

found on http://mostuffsthlm.tumblr.com

And March 2014 update, Jay just ran across

Prada uses classic cars in this ad for it's clothes... it has a good variety... but should have chosen better looking women, I saw 5 today alone that would put these models out of business

thanks Aaron!

 It's not surprising that fashion clothing for women uses classic cars, hot rods, or dragsters for advertising, it goes back to at least the 1960's
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-impressed-and-amazed-by-obscurity-of.html http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_24.html and a one page Dodge Dart ad http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/picture-is-worth-thousand-words-except.html

I'm impressed and amazed by the obscurity of 1967 fashion photoshoot at the Irwindale Raceway, with drag racer Danny Ongais, driver for MT & Leong

So you too must be wondering, who in the hell thought dragsters and womens fashion couture had anything in common? It was Vogue magazine, April 1967 issue

From http://community.livejournal.com/ru_glamour/2737588.html who did a poor repost of the originals at http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f109/us-vogue-april-15-1967-twiggy-bert-stern-69487.html and I was immediately reminded of the 1968 fashion magazine photo shoot with the Dodge line up for 1969: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_24.html and a one page Dodge Dart ad http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/picture-is-worth-thousand-words-except.html