Runway highlights from Vantan TokyoFALL 2012 Collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. The official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week YouTube channel provides extensive coverage of runway shows including BCBGMAXAZRIA, Richard Chai, Rebecca Minkoff, Nicole Miller, Charlotte Ronson, Lacoste, Diane von Furstenberg, Carolina Herrera, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Vera Wang, Narciso Rodriguez, Nanette Lepore, Michael Kors, Vivienne Tam, Anna Sui

A Mercedes-Benz must always look like a real Mercedes-Benz. Discover the unmistakable stylistic elements of a Mercedes-Benz. The designers are constantly faced with the challenge of creating a vehicle which credibly carries the history of the brand into the future.

For 60 years the Mercedes-Benz SL has been an automotive icon, synonymous with outstanding innovation and refined athleticism. Take a look through the evolution of a car that continues to set standards for what a car should be.

The Laureus, the sports Oscar, was awarded in London to the most outstanding athletes of 2011. 47 Laureus Academy members have cast their votes and awarded six athletes and one team the silver trophy. The event was a Who’s Who of the sporting world.

David Terranova is a visual artist based in New York, who produces left-field videos for the music and fashion industry, ranging from music videos over documentaries to fashion films and live concert visuals. He started as a self-taught programmer, building games and websites for the advertising industry. A passion for the East London party scene inspired him to start experimenting with photo and video, which brought him to start directing a whole video series. With his production REBELRAVE for the techno label Crosstown records, he has become renown worldwide. David’s passion for making music also plays a part in his visual works, where he dedicates equal attention to the audio, heavily treating the sound and producing the soundtracks himself. For David, pinpointing a single person or subject that he considers avant-garde is a difficult task in an age when groundbreaking concepts and innovative people come and go, when tastes and trends are changing much faster than in the pre-internet era. He observes that we are living in a time where becoming an “artist” is much more accessible to people, who, twenty years ago would never stand a chance of having an artistic career. A lot more people today are able to express themselves as talented and unique artists, compared to the past when it would only be achievable for a certain elite only. Today’s technology has triggered a new era in the arts, an “Artist’s Revolution”, which is driven by the power of the individual. To David …

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Symbiosis between sportiness, style, comfort and innovation — That is the new SL. This film lets you experience the roadster’s highlights. The famous abbreviation “SL” stands for super light. And can be taken literally on this model. Thanks to its aluminum structure it weighs up to 140 kg less than its predecessor. This provides more dynamic handling combined with lower fuel consumption — and absolute driving pleasure. Combined fuel consumption: 9.2 — 6.8 l/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 214 — 159 g/km.

Watch the new Fashion meets Movie Stockholm Fashion Film – From the fashion label, Ubi Sunt, and the director, Marco Cavazzana. The emerging director is interpreting the fashion of the Design-Duo Ubi Sunt with a mystical fashion film. Read more under mb.mercedes-benz.com

All-new, aluminum-forged and built using only the most cutting-edge methods, the 2013 SL550 Roadster and SL63 AMG are both lighter, faster, and more fuel-efficient. Like its predecessors, the latest SL-Class continues to embody everything Mercedes-Benz knows about building a luxury car. Learn more about the world’s most advanced luxury cars at www.mbusa.com Join the conversation www.facebook.com

Watch the new Talent for Talent Berlin Fashion Film – From the fashion designer, Hien Le, and the director, Sandra Birkner. The up-and-coming director shot a film focusing on the fashion creations from Hien Le. This Fashion Film lives from striking graphical effects and the kaleidoscopic images. Read more on mb.mercedes-benz.com