The Amber Lounge: Fashion on Show at the Monaco F1 2017
While it is the international motorsports community that turns its eyes towards Monaco for its annual Grand Prix, it is the world of fashion that defines and characterizes the glamorous occasion; designers, trendsetters, and fashion enthusiasts sport their finest wares for a weekend of fun. Various hotels and venues around the Principality host dazzling displays of fashion, as models strut down catwalk to the delights of the world?s most discerning crowds. No venue is revered as greatly as The Amber Lounge Monaco ? a display of opulent fashion and glitzy entertainment ? where luxury men?s blazers and fine ladies? gowns abound. Here, most of the Formula One drivers relish the opportunity to become the focus of camera flashes, as their fame and glory comes to a stylish culmination on the runway.
The Drivers on Parade  |  After H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco opened proceedings with a delightful speech, Jenson Button, Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Sainz, Nico Hülkenberg, Jolyon Palmer, Marcus Ericsson, Daniil Kvyat and Esteban Ocon turned out and strutted the runway in sharply cut Apsley Tailors suits, while 24 year-old Belgian racing driver, Stoffel Vandoorne, wore Michael Kors. It was interesting to note that each driver wholeheartedly entered into the spirit of things, shedding off the tension of a highly competitive weekend on the track and walking the runway as if they?d been doing it for years. In fact, fro...