Rolls-Royce, a British car company, attempted the collaborative space in a move with Stüssy, Stüssy an American fashion house founded in the early 1980s by Shawn Stussy.
Recently, Rolls-Royce took a step further by teaming up with Dutch fashion designer Iris Van Herpen to make a one-of-a-kind Phantom inspired by haute couture.
Haute couture is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design that is constructed by hand from start to finish, according to Business of Fashion (BoF).
The collaborative Phantom Syntopia is a one-of-a-kind car that is also the most advanced Rolls-Royce Phantom ever made in terms of technology. The design shows how the unusual pair breaks rules by using cutting-edge innovation and design techniques. Inspired by the sculptural works of Iris Van Herpen, the outside coating has a holographic purple finish with a curving “Weaving Water” print that shows movement and fluidity.
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Likewise, the Phantom’s standard grill and lighting systems are kept, but the three-dimensional “Weaving Water” motif moves into the hood and replaces the fake stars that are usually used to decorate Rolls-custom Royce cars.
Phantom Syntopia was made by a group of people working together for four years and it will never be made again. The uniqueness of this extended Phantom Series II is first evident in the body’s one-of-a-kind Liquid Noir colour scheme. It is an opalescent black paint job with touches of purple, orange, magenta, and blue and a reflective pigment application. It is said that this customization feature alone took 3,000 hours to get just right, Rolls-Royce disclosed in an interview.
