The Winter Escape Issue cover shoot with Rolls-Royce

Words & Creative Direction: Amy Sessions
Photographer: Greg Adamski
Fashion Editor: Camille Macawili
Makeup & Hair: Ania Poniatowska
Model: Yana Petrova
Rolls-Royce Spectre – with thanks to Rolls-Royce Abu Dhabi
Location with thanks to ICD Brookfield Place
All styling with thanks to OUNASS

Rolls-Royce Spectre is changing the automotive game, delivering an unparalleled all-electric drive.

A monumental technical undertaking, the Rolls-Royce Spectre delivers the drive you’d expect – still smooth, still powerful, and every inch a luxury experience. For those that operate at the next level within their own respective fields, the precison of a Rolls-Royce is something that is undoubtedly appreciated and this all-electric incarnation additionally ticks the sustainability box. Driving the Spectre feels like a peaceful escape in itself, yet it is the small details that make a difference to peace of mind and the Spectre encompasses these to compound effect from the Starlight Headliner to the ultra-wide grill and tonal coachline detailing. If you’ve driven a Rolls- Royce before, this feels like home. If you haven’t – the first-time experience is no less impressive.

In September 2021, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars confirmed it had begun testing of the first model in its history to be conceived and engineered from the beginning as an electric car. That testing programme extended to more than 2.5 million kilometres in every extreme of terrain and temperature, simulating over 400 years of normal use. A year later, in October 2022, Spectre was unveiled to the world: an audacious promise kept, and a monumental technical undertaking completed. As the first fully-electric Rolls- Royce ever made, Spectre proves that battery- electric technology has entirely come of age, and can be successfully deployed at the very apex of automotive excellence, luxury and performance. It also represents an epochal technological and intellectual shift for the marque: by the end of 2030, its entire product portfolio will be fully electric; Rolls-Royce will never again produce a new model with an internal combustion engine.

The signature Rolls-Royce experience remains – instant torque, silent running and the sense of one imperceptible gear – this is a new generation of super coupé made for an equally fitting new generation of clients.

A generously proportioned, visually striking two-door fastback, the Spectre is the spiritual successor to the fabled Phantom Coupé. Its intimate interior provides a perfect canvas for bespoke personalisation, complemented by a unique illuminated fascia and Canadel Doors.