AUTOMOTIVE
THE MILLION STITCH ROLLS-ROYCE
CANVAS: PHANTOM | MEDIUM: EMBROIDERY
A Stockholm-based entrepreneur with a passion for flowers
challenged the Rolls-Royce Bespoke Collective to create a
car that immersed its occupants in floral decadence. The
result was the ‘Rose Phantom’: a vision made with a million
embroidered stitches.
The starting point was a rose bred exclusively for Rolls-Royce
by Harkness Roses. The Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood,
England is the only place in the world where this rose is grown.
The Peacock Blue exterior of the Rose Phantom is punctuated
with a Charles Blue twinned-coachline that intertwines
organically like the stem of a rose, combining to introduce the
rose motif.
Inside, the marque’s fabled starlight headliner illuminates the
floral scene, with roses interspersed with Peacock and Adonis
Blue butterflies. As a centrepiece of the interior, Phantom’s
Gallery is adorned by stems of embroidered roses climbing
through the glass fronted fascia.
GHOST ZENITH COLLECTION
CANVAS: GHOST | MEDIUM: ENGRAVING, COMMEMORATIVE INGOT,
PERFORATED LEATHER, EMBROIDERY
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marked the close of 10 remarkable years of
Ghost by creating a limited edition ‘Zenith Collection’. With just 50 Ghost
Zeniths made, the car featured the highest levels of Bespoke ever seen
in a Ghost Collection.
The Ghost Zenith drew references from 200EX, the experimental car
that introduced the contemporary expression of the Ghost nameplate
in 2009. This design was immortalized in a blueprint-inspired artwork,
divided into 50 distinct parts, and engraved on the centre console of
Ghost Zenith.
A commemorative ingot, made from the original Spirit of Ecstasy
of 200EX, was set into the centre console of each of the cars. The
Collection’s own Spirit of Ecstasy and clock are engraved with the
Zenith name.
Inside, ambient lighting shines through perforated leather, while the
rear seats feature embroidery inspired by the seat details of the original
1907 Silver Ghost. The Ghost Zenith Standard Wheelbase also features
an extraordinary starlight headliner with a unique Shooting Star
configuration. Light trails fire at random across the cabin roof, which
consists of over 1,340 individual, hand-finished fibre-optic lights.
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