Seat Belts as Fashion Statements

The Volvo Safe & Style Campaign Reminds You to Buckle Up

The Volvo Safe & Style Campaign is my new favorite ad campaign ever made. This ad campaign is aimed at getting young people to buckle up and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of the three-point seat belt.

Volvo, like the rest of the world, realized that young people don't like wearing seat belts. The Volvo Safe & Style Campaign was created to get the word out that seat belts are cool and life saving. The campaign included a magazine showing the evolution of fashions over the years and living mannequins in store display windows. Check out the video for more information on this cool campaign. After all, seat belts save fashionable lives too.

Fashionable Safety
Creating products and advertising campaigns that make wearing safety gear fashionable and cool.
Lifestyle Campaigns
Creating campaigns that encourage safe behavior by aligning with a lifestyle or personal values, rather than solely focusing on the safety aspect.
Evolving Fashion
Exploring how safety clothing and gear can evolve and adapt with the latest fashion trends and industry styles.

Where This Applies

Automotive Industry
Opportunity for car companies to create more visually appealing seat belts, steering wheel, and other car interior safety gear.
Fashion and Style Industry
Opportunity to collaborate with safety equipment manufacturers to create fashionable safety clothing and gear without sacrificing safety standards.
Advertising Industry
Opportunity to create lifestyle campaigns that make safety a priority and turn it into an appealing trend, thus creating a new revenue stream for brands and companies.
SCORE
4.6 out of 10
GENDER
10% Men90% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe, Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 41%
Activity 88%
Freshness 8%

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