Doors closed, lights dim, and a hundred separate lives pause in the same suspended moment. For Valentino Cruise 2026, Alessandro Michele sets the scene inside a hotel, a space where solitude becomes connection, and the night turns into a gentle, collective dream.
- The campaign features Dakota Johnson, Marisa Berenson, Dev Hynes, Anne Imhof, Tate McRae, and Devon Teuscher in isolated yet shared rituals before night.
- It examines the contemporary condition of proximity without contact, where private moments form a collective intimacy.
The Valentino Cruise 2026 campaign, titled “Nocturne,” inhabits a specific moment: the time just before the night comes, when the borders of sleep and wake become porous. It is a suspended threshold where things get soft and, as Alessandro Michele suggests, “conscience prepares to surrender.”
The setting is a hotel. This location functions as a liminal space, where intimacy and anonymity coexist, and transience turns into a form of permanence. Inside, each room is a fragment of the universe, populated by singular existences. The campaign observes these lives, which barely touch one another, taking part in a shared ritual.
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Creative Director: Alessandro Michele
Art Direction: Christopher Simmonds
Director: Renell Medrano
Photographer: Marili Andre
Stylist: Jonathan Kaye Set
Designer: Victoria Salomoni
Make up: Yadim Carranza
Hair: Esther Langham
Video Music: Nocturne In E Flat – Performed by Angus Pendergast – Composed by Frederic Chopin – ℗ & ©2023, Ninja Tune Production Music
