Urgh. Isn’t it literally the worst when your new Rolls-Royce doesn’t match your private jet? Fortunately, for Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, it’s an easily rectifiable issue. The online retail entrepreneur and art collector is no stranger to dramatic vehicles; with a penchant for supercars, Maezawa is said to possess a several seven-figure models, counting a Bugatti Chiron, a Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet, and an Aston Martin One-77 among his collection. This time around, he’s gone for something a little more classic, in the form of a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Naturally, it has to be an extension of his private jet, leading him to enlist luxury fashion house Hermés to outfit the vehicle.
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Dubbed the Rolls-Royce Bespoke Phantom Oribe, the vehicle is based on the Phantom VIII and combines materials, techniques, and design DNA from both brands’ ateliers. Like his recently commissioned private jet, the Rolls-Royce x Hermés collaboration is inspired by the billionaire’s collection of Japanese ceramic art, reflected by the bespoke two-toned MZ Oribe Green and Cream colour palette. Rolls-Royce have also made this one-off colour scheme available for Maezawa’s jet, should he choose it.
Infrequent collaborator Hermés is responsible for dressing the inside of the Rolls-Royce Bespoke Phantom Oribe, dressing almost every component in Enea Green leather, seen on the steering wheel, duchess handles, gear selector, and climate control setting buttons. The signature leather shade extends to the inside of the glovebox, luggage compartment, and champagne cooler. A hand embossed signature features on the exterior of the glovebox, reading “Habillé par Hermès Paris.”
Replete with luxurious details, the Rolls-Royce x Hermés Phantom features Seashell White accents on primary touchpoints and lambswool floor mats, which combine to form a negative space effect that serves to highlight the large amount of legroom within the Phantom. Everything not adorned by the French luxury house gets the Rolls-Royce treatment, in the form of perforated Royal Walnut on the speaker frets, doors, rear consoles, and picnic tables.
The artistry doesn’t stop there though, with Hermés commissioning an artwork based on some of its Pierre Péron-designed scarves. The art covers the veneer and is then encased in glass, making up what Rolls-Royce terms the ‘gallery’.
Words by Theo Rosen