The story of Rolls-Royce logo

As the most famous luxury car brand in the world, Rolls-Royce has always been the darling of the nobility with its noble and elegant temperament. You have me and I have your overlapping double R logo, and the elegant flying goddess logo even redefines the meaning of success in people's minds.

Rolls-Royce was founded in 1906. At first, Frederick Henry Royce (Henry? Les) and Charles Stuart Rawls (Charlie? The model made by Rouse only has double R logo, but there is no flying goddess that is regarded as a classic today. There is actually a sad love story behind its origin.

Like all stories, this story happened a long time ago. 1902 British Conservative MP from a noble family, a man of the hour, and also served as editor-in-chief of Automotive Illustrated, John? Montague met the beautiful dancer Eleanor in the nightclub? Thornton, montague fell in love with Thornton at first sight. At the same time, he is proficient in painting. He left Thornton's wonderful dance on paper and gave it to Eleanor? Thornton.

Eleanor. Thornton is a wicked girl, abandoned by her father when she was young, and dependent on her mother who shoeshine for a living. In order to support the family and treat her mother who was seriously ill in bed, she had to go to a nightclub as a social butterfly. Thornton, who has been hanging out in romantic places for a long time, is used to men's indifference, but montague's seven sketches once again melted her already cold heart, and soon they fell in love.

But in the social environment at that time, the love story between Cinderella and the prince was doomed to be unlucky. Just like the plot of a fairy tale, their love was opposed by the Montague family as an upper class. Old montague kicked his son out of the house and cut off his financial resources. Montague and Eleanor rented a house together, and the embarrassment of life made him feel at a loss. He began to lose his temper with Eleanor. This puzzled Eleanor who didn't know the truth. At this time, the old jazz tricked Montague into going home and locked him up for three months on the grounds that he was seriously ill.

During his detention in montague, the old man found Eleanor, told her that montague was going to marry an aristocratic woman, and gave her a check to keep her away from her son. Eleanor stayed in Lacrimosa all day after the old jazz left. Although she believed that Montague could come back to her again, she was pregnant and had been waiting for a month, and she was completely desperate. For the sake of her children, she had to accept a check written by the old gentleman to stay away from her lover.

After montague was released, there was no trace of Eleanor. The old jazz told him that Eleanor had eloped with another man. Montague, devastated, stopped believing in love and became a slut. She really married a noble lady from the Dance Academy.

Unfortunately, montague lives in a bar. Maybe God has mercy on this loving couple. Four years later, montague met Thornton by chance in a bar. Then montague followed Thornton. In a shabby house in a low slum, he saw Thornton, their children and seven portraits posted on the wall. After learning the truth, he did not choose to divorce for the sake of family reputation, but had an underground love affair with Thornton.

What about montague's artist friend Charles? Sikes learned their story, and he was deeply moved by this tortuous love. 1909, at the request of montague, he created a lifelike sculpture based on Thornton: a young girl stood in the wind, letting her skirt fly in the wind, but gently put her index finger to her lips, symbolizing the unspeakable secret feelings between Thornton and montague. This sculpture is named "Whispering".

Montague posted the first "whisper" in front of his Rolls-Royce Silver Charm car, implicitly expressing his confession. Soon, this unique logo was regarded as a fashion by Rolls-Royce owners in the upper class.

1911On February 6th, the silver-plated "flying goddess" based on "Whisper" officially flew on the front of Rolls-Royce and became a three-dimensional symbol of Rolls-Royce.

The story has a follow-up, a story and ending that looks like Titanic.

If the story ends here, the couple will live happily together forever, but the reality is often much more cruel than fairy tales. Thornton was killed in a shipwreck. Although montague was rescued after 36 hours at sea, the trauma of losing his lover can never be repaired.

Knowing this, Mr. Rouse decided to comfort his friend in a special way. Starting from 19 15, Rolls-Royce will change the "Goddess of Flying" logo based on Thornton from silver to nickel alloy to represent the unparalleled quality of Rolls-Royce cars and the immortal love between montague and Thornton.

(In Titan, the man came from a poor family and finally died. The woman was rescued after drifting ... Ruth was saved. We all know that Jack survived for his lover and froze to death. As for how Montague survived ... I don't know. )

What do these two stories and endings tell us?

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