Clothing designer Valentina Shah – like many of us – has a bank of childhood memories. Growing up in Italy, with parents running a factory manufacturing for the likes of Gucci and Prada, her mom would pick her up in a Jaguar she remembers as “British green,” Valentina Shah while her dad drove the family around in the same model but in a color of soothing blue.

“To me, Jaguar is a brand that resembles old world luxury,” says Shah. “It’s the classic car, the classic brand.”