Bentley Creates Limited Edition Driving Glove with Design Studio Forestalgia to Mark 20 Years of the Continental GT

Bentley Motors has collaborated with London design studio Forestalgia on an exclusive project to produce a limited edition driving glove which takes inspiration from the ‘past and the future’. With a design inspired by the Continental GT, each glove is ‘a handmade work of art’, reimagined in the UK using surplus leathers and recycled materials from the iconic Bentley Motors Factory in Crewe.

October 25, 2023
To celebrate 20 years of the Continental GT, Bentley Motors has collaborated with London design studio Forestalgia to create an ultra-limited edition driving glove inspired by the craftsmanship and design of the ultimate grand touring car using its own surplus leathers.
Designed by Emmanuel Lawal, a global creative and founder of studio Forestalgia, the gloves merge archival design with contemporary fashion. Lawal worked alongside the product engineering studio Areté to bring the GT’s rich history to life.
The craftsmanship on Forestalgia’s glove design mirrors the essence of the Bentley GT and features a two-colour palette of Black Crystal and Racing Green. Each glove features double stitched reinforced protective panelling, hand rolled leather edges and varying ergonomic perforations, all materialised with the exquisite finishing so crucial to the Bentley Continental GT – just as it always has been.
The leather that encases the Bentley GT steering wheel cannot be adequately stitched into place by machine, so it is meticulously sewed by Bentley’s craftspeople in Crewe. This technique was also adopted for each Forestalgia driving glove, which took over four weeks to make by hand. The gloves will now be on display at the home of Bentley Motors and ‘gifted’ as a collector's item to Bentley customers.