Valentino Turns an LA Motel Lot Into the Season's Best-Dressed Address

Dakota Johnson and Alexander Skarsgård led a crowd of celebrities who traded the usual step-and-repeat for a motel parking lot, gathering there to mark the arrival of Valentino's new Vendetta fragrances. It's the kind of location a lesser launch would apologize for; this one built the party around it. A lineup that pairs a two-time Golden Globe nominee with a Tarzan-turned-prestige-drama leading man is not assembled for just any bottle of scent. The pairing of high fashion with a stretch of blacktop is its own kind of statement, and this crowd wore it well.

With reporting from The Zoe Report.