2021 Rolls-Royce Phantom Oribe

Phantom Oribe joined Rolls-Royce and Hermes around a single client’s love of Japanese ceramics and travel. Its two-tone green and cream body and carefully developed interior made the 2021 commission a collaboration in materials and craft, rather than a co-branded production edition.

Two houses worked on one commission

The manufacturer identifies a combined team from Goodwood and Hermes in Paris, developing the car for Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. The distinction between collaboration and retail edition is important. Oribe is the named result of a particular patron’s brief, not evidence that every Phantom with Hermes leather belongs to a separately capped model range. Its design authorship and the individual vehicle identity should be recorded together.

Rolls-Royce: Phantom Oribe factory announcement

Ceramics supplied the colour reference

The green and cream exterior drew on the client’s Oribe-ware collection. Rolls-Royce identifies the green as specially developed for the commission and describes the unusual decision to make it available for the private aircraft paired with the car. That connection explains the client’s land-jet idea without claiming that a motor car shares aircraft engineering. The relationship is one of personal environment, colour and coordinated travel experience.

Material decisions carry the collaboration

The factory describes the companies sharing techniques and expertise, including stitching, upholstery and work on the Gallery. This makes the cabin more significant than a badge acknowledging another luxury brand. A collector should document the actual material specification and its repair history, since replacement surfaces can preserve the colour while changing the original texture or construction. The commission’s documentary record is needed to establish what was originally supplied.

Rolls-Royce: Phantom Oribe factory announcement

A Gallery is an artwork as well as trim

The Phantom Gallery provides a protected display surface within the fascia. In Oribe, it belongs to the wider joint design exercise, so its authorship and condition deserve individual documentation. A close-up image of a protected artwork is not a substitute for the whole vehicle’s chassis record; conversely, an exterior photograph cannot establish the original interior work’s survival. Keep image credits and artwork attribution distinct where the factory supplies separate notices.

Rolls-Royce: Phantom Oribe factory announcement

An identified patron does not remove provenance questions

Publicly naming the commissioning client establishes the factory’s account of the brief, not every later ownership or custody event. An individual vehicle file still needs the VIN, commission documents, delivery record and dated condition photographs. Preserve removable accessories and records of specialist conservation. A similar green Phantom, or another vehicle associated with the same client, should not be merged into this one-off merely through colour or ownership association.

Specifications and identity reference

Rarity and production scope

The manufacturer describes a single named Phantom commission, not a Hermes Phantom production series. Oribe remains within its underlying vehicle family and is not added as extra manufacturing above that family. The factory identifies its original patron, but this profile does not infer subsequent ownership or an undisclosed chassis census. The supplied image is the manufacturer’s Oribe vehicle photograph, with any third-party artwork rights treated separately.

This is an Archive identity. The experimental or individually named car is not added as extra production on top of its underlying family. Repeated exhibition appearances do not establish additional chassis; the specific scope above governs the count.

What the photograph represents

Factory side view of Phantom Oribe with its doors open, showing the green-and-cream exterior and cabin relationship. It depicts the specific Hermes collaboration rather than an ordinary green Phantom.

Related Rolls-Royce heritage profiles

• 2021 Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus Collection
• 2022 Rolls-Royce Phantom The Six Elements
• 2023 Rolls-Royce Phantom Syntopia

Frequently asked questions

Was Phantom Oribe a generally available Hermes edition?

The cited announcement describes a unique client commission developed jointly by the two houses.

Why does an aircraft appear in its design story?

The client wanted a coordinated land-jet experience, with the factory also making its special paint available for his aircraft.

What is the production-count boundary for this profile?

The manufacturer describes a single named Phantom commission, not a Hermes Phantom production series. Oribe remains within its underlying vehicle family and is not added as extra manufacturing above that family. The factory identifies its original patron, but this profile does not infer subsequent ownership or an undisclosed chassis census. The supplied image is the manufacturer’s Oribe vehicle photograph, with any third-party artwork rights treated separately.

Sources and further reading

1. Rolls-Royce: Phantom Oribe factory announcement

Research checked 18 October 2026. Linked factory announcements and attributed design documentation support the specifically identified claims. Photographic descriptions identify the illustrated subject. Design analysis and suggested authentication steps are editorial interpretation.