Wimbledon's fortnight closed on a Finnish grand slam and a great deal of Ralph Lauren. As the whites come off Centre Court, Range Rover's new British Summertime Collection picks up exactly where the tennis competition left off – with an inspired line-up to lounge court side
Harri Heliövaara won his second Wimbledon men's doubles title on Saturday, a third grand slam alongside partner Henry Patten and the first repeat men's doubles win since the Bryan brothers in 2011. It was, by some distance, the tournament's best Nordic showing: Holger Rune sat out the fortnight recovering from an Achilles injury, and Casper Ruud, no fan of grass at the best of times, made an early exit. Off the court, Scandinavia fared rather better with honorary Dane Lily Collins stepping out in a cream Ralph Lauren knit with a Chanel pochette.
And court side is, neatly, where Range Rover comes in.
This month, the marque unveiled its British Summertime Collection, a lifestyle line built on the same two reference points as Wimbledon itself: tennis and British craft. The palette reads like a scorecard of the tournament's own colour story with tennis whites, heritage greens, set against soft sky blues and Range Rover's signature Sunset Gold. Court linework and the discipline of the game are worked into the pieces themselves, softened by the curved, boat-like proportions borrowed from the brand's vehicles.
The Courtside Blanket in tennis-inspired stripes, folded to show the Range Rover label. Photo: Courtesy of Range Rover
The Country Garden Tea Set cup and saucer, striped in heritage green and sky blue. Photo: Range Rover
The woven leather goods in tan, coral, and heritage green, with a crook-handled Fulton umbrella. Photo: Range Rover
The standout is the Courtside Blanket, a cashmere-wool throw (60 per cent cashmere, 40 wool) that takes a bird's-eye view of Centre Court and turns it into a hand screen-printed graphic, finished in Italy with a whipstitched edge. The Touring Woven Holdall follows a similar logic: tan leather, hand-woven in a technique borrowed from picnic basketry, finished with real gold hardware. Smaller pieces, the Companion Woven Travel Case, the City Woven Purse, and the Woven Card Holder, carry the same woven detailing at a more portable scale, each lined in silk printed with an abstracted Range Rover motif.
For the weather, there is a partnership with the heritage umbrella maker Fulton: the waterproof Terrace Parasol in a soft sky blue, and the Signature Umbrella in deeper tones, both etched with the Range Rover wordmark and finished with a slip case. And for the interval, two tea sets thrown in UK clay, the Country House in a livelier, multi-tonal palette and the Country Garden in green and sky blue.
It is, in other words, a collection built for exactly the kind of afternoon Wimbledon produces: a little bit of sport, a great deal of watching, and a wardrobe – or a picnic blanket and a tea set – equal to both.