Alessandro Michele moved to Valentino in 2024 and introduced the Nellcôte for Resort 2025. The first Nellcôtes were crossbody styles featuring ball studs, jacquard, and fringe, drawing from 1970s boho influences. Michele later presented a roomy tote version during Valentino's Spring/Summer 2025 show that kept similar hardware but omitted the fringe. The bag quickly gained celebrity attention, with Bella Hadid photographed carrying the fringed camel crossbody and later the gray-brown tote. Alexa Chung and Amelia Gray have also been seen with the design. Anne Hathaway was photographed on July 25 carrying a head-turning Valentino Nellcôte shoulder bag in New York.
Andy Sachs has been a fashion icon since her famed Devil Wears Prada makeover montage in 2006, popularizing the Chanel boots, pageboy caps, and straight-cut bangs, among other trends. It appears as though Andy 2.0 is just as stylish and acutely on the pulse of the industry's latest pieces - especially it bags. While on set for the film's sequel, Anne Hathaway was spotted running around the streets of New York carrying a head-turning shoulder bag. Everyone, meet the Valentino Nellcôte.
Those who follow fashion know Valentino's creative director Alessandro Michele is an it bag-maker. (What Taylor Swift is to hits, Michele is to accessories.) His legacy at Gucci, for example, includes the Dionysus, Marmont, and Ophidia bags, which all blew to influencer ubiquity mere months after their respective launch dates. Since he moved to Valentino in 2024, fans assumed that he would create bangers there too. They were right.
He hit the ground running, too. For Valentino's Resort 2025 collection, Michele's first with the label, he sent models strutting down the catwalk with an all-new design. The first Nellcôtes came in crossbody styles featuring ball studs, jacquard, and fringe. Drawing from the '70s, the bag was par for the course of the boho renaissance. Months later, during the luxury house's Spring/Summer 2025 show, Michele introduced another version of the Nellcôte - this time in a roomy tote that bore similar hardware, sans fringe.
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