Lana and her family flourish boldly once again in their Michelle crafted Valentino wardrobe.
By Paula Dantzig
Lana Del Rey was invited to the Valentino Spring 2026 Ready-To-Wear this past week in Paris, accompanied by her husband, Jeremy Dufrene, and sister, Caroline Grant, reigniting a long-time friendship between Lana and Alessandro Michelle
Lana Del Rey stepped out wearing a floor-length grey draped chiffon gown with brown fur sleeve detailing from the Avant Les Dbuts Spring 2025 collection. In attendance at the Paris show Lana’s sister, Caroline, and husband, Jeremy, were also wearing Valentino. Michelle and Del Rey have worked together before, and Michelle has stated Lana has always been an artistic muse for his work. At the Met Gala in May 2025, Lana was styled in a deep brown drop waist gown with her iconic alligator hair piece, originating from Michelles Vertigineux collection.
Michelle’s design language is as unique as his relationship with Del Rey. Prior to designing for Valentino, Michelle worked as the Creative Director for Gucci from January 2015 until November 2022. After seven years, Michelle’s interest in maximalism had grown and Gucci’s parent company, Kering, decided to release Michelle due to his growing interest. There were questions about whether Michelle could retain Gucci’s reputation with his style. When asked about the parting, Michelle remains grateful,
“There are times when path’s part ways because of the different perspectives each one of us may have” (Alessandro Michelle).
Different visions guided the parting; however, Michelle has sent well wishes to Gucci for their future endeavors and stated that this opportunity was meaningful and he was thankful to participate.
