English
luxury
carmaker
Rolls-Royce
has
teamed
up
with
Dutch
fashion
designer
Iris
van
Herpen
to
reveal
the
one-off
Phantom
Syntopia.
The
Rolls-Royce
Phantom
Syntopia
blends
haute
couture
and
luxury
cars
and
elevates
them
to
a
whole
new
level.
The
Rolls-Royce
Phantom
Syntopia
is
based
on
the
extended
wheelbase
version
of
the
Phantom,
which
the
English
luxury
marque
calls
the
ultimate
blank
canvas
for
bespoke
personalisation.
So
just
what
is
it
that
makes
the
Phantom
Syntopia
so
special?
Well,
this
one-off
hand-built
luxury
land
barge
sports
quite
a
few
bespoke
options
that
make
this
perhaps
the
most
iconic
version
of
the
new
Phantom
Series
II.
From
the
outside,
the
most
eye-catching
feature
of
the
Phantom
Syntopia
is
its
stunning
shimmering
paint
job.
Developed
by
Rolls-Royce
Bespoke
Collective,
this
one-off
Liquid
Noir
paint
job
reveals
iridescent
Purple,
magenta,
Blue
and
Gold
undertones.
This
is
done
thanks
to
a
mirror-like
pigment,
selected
for
its
colour-shifting
properties
that
has
been
overlaid
over
the
solid-black
paint.
The
bonnet
of
the
car
features
a
subtle
rendering
of
the
Weaving
Water
motif
that
can
also
be
seen
on
the
interior
of
the
luxury
limo.
The
interior
takes
you
to
a
whole
new
level
of
luxury.
While
some
of
the
interior
elements
were
handcrafted
by
Rolls-Royce’s
leading
craftspeople
and
van
Herpen’s
team
at
the
firm’s
home
at
Goodwood.
Other
parts
were
created
in
Iris
van
Herpen’s
Amsterdam
atelier
where
she
designs
and
crafts
her
Haute
Couture
garments.
The
most
stunning
of
these
creations
is
the
bespoke
Weaving
Water
Starlight
headliner
which
took
around
700
hours
of
work.
Crafted
using
a
single
sheet
of
leather
and
it
features
precise
hand-cut
sections
that
reveal
a
silver
‘liquid
metal’ texture
made
from
woven
nylon
fabric
that
gives
it
a
3-D
look.
The
headliner
has
been
finished
using
162
petals
made
of
glass
organza
a
process
that
took
around
300
hours
to
finish.
Out
of
the
995
fibreoptic
stars
seen
on
the
headliner,
187
were
individually
placed
by
hand
alongside
the
artwork.
These
stars
illuminate
sequentially,
starting
from
the
rear
and
moving
to
the
front
to
create
a
feeling
of
movement.
The
other
major
feature
where
this
‘Weaving
Water’
theme
is
really
highlighted
includes
the
Gallery
artwork,
which
features
85
of
these
glass
organza
petals
and
the
picnic
tables
where
the
motif
was
achieved
by
combining
multiple
coats
of
paint
and
lacquer
containing
different
quantities
of
glass
particles.
Speaking
about
her
one-off
creation
with
Rolls-Royce,
Iris
van
Herpen
said,
“For
this
special
collaboration
I
was
inspired
by
the
concept
of
‘Weaving
Water’
and
transformed
the
sense
of
being
in
movement
into
an
immersive
experience
of
fluidity
inside
the
Phantom.
I
wanted
this
to
become
a
state-of-the-art
experience
being
overwhelmed
by
the
forces
of
nature.
The
powerful
movement
of
the
Phantom
is
woven
into
the
shifting
three-dimensional
waves
inside
the
car
to
embody
the
ingenuity
of
nature.
When
I
met
the
Bespoke
Collective,
I
discovered
that
the
world
of
Rolls-Royce
is
very
similar
to
Haute
Couture.
Every
garment
I
create
is
a
one-off,
tailor-made
to
my
clients’
individual
measurements,
just
like
every
Rolls-Royce.
My
clients
come
to
our
atelier
in
Amsterdam
for
fittings,
just
as
Rolls-Royce
clients
are
invited
to
Goodwood
throughout
the
design
and
craft
process.
On
many
levels,
this
collaboration
was
a
natural
symbiosis.”
Thoughts
About
The
Rolls-Royce
Phantom
Syntopia
The
Rolls-Royce
Phantom
Syntopia
takes
the
luxury
car
game
to
a
whole
another
level
thanks
to
a
collaboration
between
the
firm
and
haute
couture
designer
Iris
van
Hepren.
The
result
is
a
bespoke
Phantom
Series
II
extended
wheelbase
that
would
be
the
pride
and
joy
of
its
owner.
