Award season styling ended with the 2026 Oscars, but a Valentino gown custom-made for Anne Hathaway still deserved a red carpet close-up. Hathaway couldn't wear just any dress with a necklace valued near $3 million, after all.
Bulgari brought Hathaway to Italy on March 23 to showcase its new Eclectica collection, but her bespoke Valentino gown was an unexpected treat. Her stylist, Erin Walsh, dressed Hathaway in the most voluminous of ballgowns, featuring cape-like sleeves and an elongated train. Textured, wood grain-looking fabric—a defining motif in creative director Alessandro Michele's Spring 2025 Couture collection—covered every square inch of the tomato-red design. It also elevated a Spring 2026 color trend, one Hathaway began testing last October. To finish, Michele slashed the original turtleneck into a V-shaped plunge, which gave her Secret Garden Necklace enough space to shine.
