"Landing on Planet Life Ball" - Life Ball MINI 2008 by Agent Provocateur prepares to land in Vienna. First public appearance on 17 May on the red carpet outside Vienna's City Hall.

Munich / Vienna. "Landing on planet Life Ball" - on the
evening of 17 May 2008, Life Ball will be inviting guests on a trip
through time in which bridges will be built to supposedly alien
cultural universes which actually exist next to each other and the
infinite opportunities of social coexistence energetically highlighted.
In line with these concepts, the Agent Provocateur lingerie label has
designed the Life Ball MINI 2008. The new MINI Cooper Clubman has been
selected as the basis for this exclusive, unique design. Agent
Provocateur, founded by Serena Rees and her husband Joseph Corre, son
of fashion creator Vivienne Westwood, is famous for its wickedly
burlesque collections. "It has been a lot of fun to lend our
unique brand identity to the MINI Clubman. The new shape is reminiscent
of the old English Mini police van that we were immediately inspired to
create an Agent Provocateur styled interior that you really would want
to get banged up in! A classic yet suped up exterior in Agent
Provocateur signature pink and black colours complete with pink
flashing light and inside.....the most seductive prison cell with hand
to wall cuffs and blacked out windows and iron bars! Ever mindful
that the long arm of the law needs ample space when interrogating a
captive prisoner, we have supplied our Agent Provocateur police car with
fully reclining rear seats and ankle cuffs for forensic investigation.
With saddle stitched leather seat and bespoke compartments for the note
pad and pen, the Agent Provocateur MINI police van is the perfect
patrol car for checking the offending publics undercover credentials
wouldn't you say..."says Joseph Corre. At the first public
appearance of the MINI by Agent Provocateur, Joseph Corre, the create
of the unique design, will be behind the steering wheel himself - along
with a "breath-taking" passenger, of course - and will drive
the MINI across the red carpet outside Vienna's City Hall for the start
of the Life Ball Opening Show. After the Life Ball, the unique MINI
will be auctioned worldwide on eBay (www.ebay.at) from 5-15 June. The
proceeds will be donated to Life Ball, as they are every years. So far,
the "Life Ball MINIs" - transformed by such famous fashion
icons as Missoni, Ferré and Versace - have raised a total of
€ 260,000.-. For further questions please contact: Corporate
Communications Giuseppe Faranna, BMW Group, Spokesperson Lifestyle MINI
Telefon: +49 (0)89 382- 51735, Fax: +49 (0)89 382- 28017 Cypselus von
Frankenberg, BMW Group, Head of Product Communication MINI Telefon: +49
(0)89 382-30641, Fax: +49 (0)89 382-20626 Media Website:
www.press.bmwgroup.com e-mail: presse@bmw.de