Limited Edition: Vespa 946 Christian Dior
Both founded in the same year (1946), the Italian brand and the Parisian fashion house share the desire to inspire an innovative, bright, and creative vision of the world. Recently unveiling the special edition Vespa 946 Christian Dior, available in very limited numbers.
Dior and Vespa have collaborated in creating an exclusive scooter to celebrate the bright spirit and the art of living the two brands share.
From this passionate team effort, the Vespa 946 Christian Dior was born: the most exclusive Vespa model, presented in 2012 and devoted to aesthetic and technological perfection, was re-interpreted by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Creative Director of Dior’s women’s collections. This led to the birth of a true collector’s item, made in Italy with the painstaking attention, dedication, and precision of a fashion salon, in a special edition limited to just 946 units.
On Vespa 946 Christian Dior, the body – strictly in steel, enhanced by aluminium parts including the mudguard and side covers – “wears” a cream white with dedicated Christian Dior graphics. Also included are numerous gold-coloured satin-finished parts: the rear luggage rack, the circular aesthetic elements under the seat, the bag hook, the aluminium mirror brackets, the hand grip ends, the profile that runs along the perimeter of the shield, the “neck-tie” decorations, and the edges and hubs of the aluminium alloy wheels.
The bold solution of the suspended seat, which leaves the back of the Vespa 946 completely naked, is enhanced by the saddle support covered with the iconic Dior Oblique pattern, designed by Marc Bohan in 1967. The seating area of the saddle, on the other hand, is covered in dark blue leather, as are the hand grips, hand stitched and covered.
Each Vespa 946 Christian Dior unit is accompanied by a welcome kit that includes a book which illustrates the genesis of the partnership and the scooter feature. The kit also contains a chromium-plated aluminium cover that enhances the area where the seat attaches to the body – something that has always been one of Vespa 946’s characteristic traits – and will be installed on the Vespa when the customer takes delivery.
“The bold solution of the suspended seat, which leaves the back of the Vespa 946 completely naked, is enhanced by the saddle support covered with the iconic Dior Oblique pattern, designed by Marc Bohan in 1967.”
Available in Australia in extremely limited numbers, the future-collectable Vespa 946 Christian Dior has a rideaway price of $36,000.
