Hermès and Rolls-Royce in rare partnership
Paris-based luxury goods house Hermès and British luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce have come together in the creation of a bespoke Rolls-Royce Phantom for billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of Japanese fashion e-commerce platform Zozotown.
While the two companies previously partnered on a custom Phantom for the Four Seasons Hotel George V in Paris in 2008, this exclusive collaboration marks the first for a private client.
In a reflection of Mr Maezawa’s personal taste for antique Japanese Oribe ware, which he collects, the car’s green and cream exterior is reportedly inspired by the ceramics’ traditional glazes. (Rolls-Royce has made the “Oribe green” paint used available for the client’s matching private jet.)
The car’s leather interior, designed with Mr Maezawa’s jet in mind, has largely been finished in Hermès’ “enea green” leather, complete with saddlery-inspired stitching. The brand’s Toile H canvas features on the door armrests.
Walnut panels hand-painted with Hermès silk scarf-inspired artwork (based on original designs by French illustrator Pierre Péron) round out the Phantom’s personalised outfit.
CEO of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, commented: “This magnificent expression of our pinnacle product represents a landmark for Rolls-Royce, bringing together two houses with more than three centuries’ combined experience and heritage.
“It has been an extraordinary privilege to unite on such a creatively challenging, technically demanding commission and bring our client’s remarkable vision so beautifully to life.”
Image: Rolls-Royce. Credit: Oli Tennent
