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IT ALWAYS BEGINS WITH A SPARK. THE EYE CAPTURED, THE MIND RACES FOR THE SLIGHTEST MOMENT. AND THEN LOVE FOLLOWS. SOMETIMES INSTANTLY, SOMETIMES AT LENGTH, BUT EVER IN THE SAME SUBTLE SEQUENCE. IT MUST ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A SPARK.

This is the way it is for two people who love one another, but also for two people who love the same thing. Whatever that thing may be, it binds them. Mutual appreciation, excitement, respect and tenderness. Whatever the love story looks like, these are the crucial components that create a long-lasting union.

For a couturier, the love of clothes eclipses almost all others. An engrossing mix of challenge and pleasure, trial and triumph. But even greater than this, is the love of the couturier for a lady who sees his work and understands it. Their mutual understanding and adoration for what human hands are capable of creating is a bond like no other. For Shehzarin Batha Couture’s 2025/2026 capsule collection, we pay tribute to the friendship and love between the mid-century’s most revered creators, and their muses.

Hubert de Givenchy’s lifelong devotion to Audrey Hepburn. Oleg Cassini’s sublimely regal creations for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Pierre Balmain’s magnificent labours, that made the young and shy Queen of Thailand into the world’s most fashionable woman.

These unions gave rise to the most iconic fashion milestones from the golden age of couture. And within the walls of our atelier on High Street, we are privileged to experience the milestones of our own dear women, who drive us ever onward to new heights.

IT ALWAYS BEGINS WITH A SPARK. THE EYE CAPTURED, THE MIND RACES FOR THE SLIGHTEST MOMENT. AND THEN LOVE FOLLOWS. SOMETIMES INSTANTLY, SOMETIMES AT LENGTH, BUT EVER IN THE SAME SUBTLE SEQUENCE. IT MUST ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A SPARK.

This is the way it is for two people who love one another, but also for two people who love the same thing. Whatever that thing may be, it binds them. Mutual appreciation, excitement, respect and tenderness. Whatever the love story looks like, these are the crucial components that create a long-lasting union.

For a couturier, the love of clothes eclipses almost all others. An engrossing mix of challenge and pleasure, trial and triumph. But even greater than this, is the love of the couturier for a lady who sees his work and understands it. Their mutual understanding and adoration for what human hands are capable of creating is a bond like no other. For Shehzarin Batha Couture’s 2025/2026 capsule collection, we pay tribute to the friendship and love between the mid-century’s most revered creators, and their muses.

Hubert de Givenchy’s lifelong devotion to Audrey Hepburn. Oleg Cassini’s sublimely regal creations for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Pierre Balmain’s magnificent labours, that made the young and shy Queen of Thailand into the world’s most fashionable woman.

These unions gave rise to the most iconic fashion milestones from the golden age of couture. And within the walls of our atelier on High Street, we are privileged to experience the milestones of our own dear women, who drive us ever onward to new heights.