SMYTHSON X ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO F1'S SMART STATIONARY
words by FELICITY CARTER
Smythson joins Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team for a new collection bringing its Bond Street London leather goods and stationery to the paddock.
all images courtesy of ASTON MARTIN and SMYTHSON
F1 has become as much a fixture of the fashion calendar as it has the sporting one, and in the latest meeting of the two comes courtesy of Smythson, which has partnered with the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team on a collection that combines stationery, travel and life on the road.
Launched earlier this week, the collaboration takes Smythson’s established designs and gives them the Aston Martin makeover, think Podium Green and Dark Shadow, which through the collection, alongside flashes of Lime Essence and a co-branded logo. The headliner is the bespoke Circuit Journal, created with the F1 season in mind, of course. Inside is exclusive behind-the-scenes material from the team, a foreword from Managing Technical Partner and Team Principal Adrian Newey, and space to document each race.
Smythson’s Panama and Soho notebooks have also joined the grid, produced in the collaboration’s three colours with racing-inspired titles and special-edition illustrations of the cars inside the covers. It is a subtle approach to team merchandise, particularly for those whose idea of race-day dressing stops some distance short of a replica polo shirt.
The collection extends into the sort of pieces that make considerably more sense once F1’s relentless travel schedule is taken into account; expect a passport sleeve, double zip washbag, small laptop case, multi zip case, card holder, sunglasses case and leather-strap keyring all feature, reworked in the famous Aston Martin colours.
There's some symmetry to the partnership, too as Smythson's been making leather goods and stationery since Frank Smythson opened his first New Bond Street store in 1887, while Aston Martin was founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford in 1913. In 2026, the F1 team enters a new era as a full works operation with Honda, with Adrian Newey at the technical helm and Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll behind the wheel.
The Smythson x Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team collection is now available online and in selected stores.