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How Fashion Influenced XTS Interior
DETROIT--May 22, 2013: The 2013 Cadillac XTS offers the first look at the next generation of interior design for the brand. Yet, designers of the large luxury sedan looked to the fast-paced and often-changing fashion and home furnishings industries for inspiration when conceptualizing the car’s interior finishes.
The cut-and-sew treatment of leather in the interior of the XTS, for example, is one element designers borrowed from fashion. They studied how the industry chooses leathers for handbags and shoes to design the XTS’s interior in a way that would be an extension of products with which luxury consumer already interact.
“As automotive designers we can draw parallels, especially from luxury fashion, in the way materials like leather are selected and treated,” said Erin Crossley, a design manager who helped style the XTS’s interior. “We applied small details, such as stitching touches, from fashion to deliver a refined interior with finishes that a customer can appreciate for its attention to detail.”
While automotive interiors do not change with the seasons as in fashion, the use of premium materials is a key component to crafting a durable and chic product.
The XTS Platinum edition features Opus full-leather seats with an exclusive treatment that emits subtle hints of purple through mini-perforated inserts. Opus leather is the highest-quality leather sourced for Cadillac and has a limited finishing and light embossed grain to help maintain a soft feel. A purple stitching around the interior’s trim areas helps bring out the unique finish of the leather-appointed areas. XTS Platinum also has a leather-wrapped steering wheel, front dash, door trim top pad and center console.
“With the XTS we really looked for soft and supple leathers and used pops of color to add an element of contrast and drama,” said Crossley. “We used really fine grains in order to see the richness of the natural material and also make sure it feels high end to the touch.”
Since its launch, the XTS has been recognized by several industry experts for its design and performance. Cadillac today was officially presented with a Ward’s 10 Best Interiors award for the 2013 XTS.
Iran's Interior Ministry releases official list of approved presidential hopefuls
Iran’s Interior Ministry has published the list of the hopefuls approved to run as official candidates for president in the country’s eleventh presidential election slated for June 14, Press TV reports.
The Ministry on Wednesday released the names of the approved hopefuls. The candidates are Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili; former Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Gharazi; President of the Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council Hassan Rohani; former Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati; former First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref; Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei; Iranian lawmaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel; and Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf.
The eight individuals were approved by Iran’s top constitutional supervisory body, the Guardian Council, after a 10-day vetting process.
The Council has not approved, among others, two-term former President Ali Akbar Heshemi Rafsanjani, former Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iranian reformist candidate Aref, who is also an academic, says “Livelihood, Dignity and Rationality” is his campaign’s slogan.
Independent candidate Gharazi says he is running on a platform of “Administration against Inflation.”
Haddad-Adel, a principlist candidate, says he will form his cabinet based on “Piety and Good Judgment” if he is elected president.
Jalili, another Iranian principlist candidate, believes in the discourse of the Islamic Revolution as a means to promote national progress.
Principlist candidate Qalibaf, a former military and police commander, says “Better Economy and Life for People” is his battle cry.
Rezaei, an independent candidate, says he is campaigning on a platform of “Political Ethics and Economic Efficiency.”
“Moderation, Rationality and Acumen” is the slogan of reformist candidate Rohani, who is currently a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts.
Principlist candidate Velayati says his election campaign centers on “Moralism and Management Stability.”
The approved candidates have now three weeks to run their electoral campaigns, according to Iran's Interior Ministry.
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