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It's about that time again. To kick off the fall/winter 2013 season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the luxury vehicle manufacturer has announced an exciting new feature in the lobby of Lincoln Center. Celebrating the relationship between cars and clothes, "House of Mercedes-Benz" Fashion Week will feature a showcase of two new rides—the ready-to-wear-inspired CLA-Class and the haute couture-like SLS AMG Black Series—complemented by two corresponding mannequins styled celebrity stylist Danielle Nachmani. Here, Nachmani shares more about the new gig, advice to future stylists and her "incredibly intimidating" experience working with Mary-Kate Olsen.

Super Bowl 47 is behind us, Ray Lewis will take the field nevermore, Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child (briefly) awed, wings were consumed and the field of multimillion-dollar commercials sported a whole lot of mediocre offerings. At their best, the ads will be memes maybe through the rest of the week, at their worst; they were sexist or overly pandering. Taco Bell went with the cliché old-people-gone-wild approach. Dodge will probably get a lot of people talking about the “God Made A Farmer” spot, which, though beautifully done, making a very important point and featuring the beautiful, clear ringing voice of Paul Harvey, felt cheap and pandering at the end when it became about the truck. Also, it’s been done, and not as a car commercial.

Mercedes' over-the-top cheesy Super Bowl commercial isn't just offensive to the senses. A predictably hair-trigger conservative parents' group is deeply upset that Kate Upton blowing soap bubbles in slow motion while she washes a luxury car is objectifying women. 

Another fashion week season, another awesome Mercedes-Benz key visual. Following the luxury vehicle manufacturer's film-noir image for the MBFW fall 2012 season that starred the supermodel-superphotog pairing of Lara Stone and Alex Prager, fall 2013 takes Karlie Kloss into the wild world of Ryan McGinley. Merging raw nature, striking beauty and modern luxury, the buzzed-about photographer captures the 20-year-old supermodel "surrounded by an imposing landscape" with "dark clouds gathering ominously behind her." Looking calm and cool in the unexpected scenery, she's joined by two very different rides: a rearing white horse and the hot, new CLA-Class. See "Untamed" in its entirety after the jump. 

Here's a wonderful thing you can't have! (Yet.) Only 40 of these custom-leather iPhone pouches were handed out as comp gifts during Berlin's fashion week by Mercedes-Benz, celebrating the launch of their GLK-Class line of wunderbar autos. The glittery "GLK" logo is made of Swarovski crystals that actually transmit the comforting glow of your iPhone's display when safely pouched. If you want a black variation, you'll have to wait till October.

Meet Mercedes’ smart new mini-coupe.