The Tamesis
“So,” Dakota Johnson said after realizing our conversation was being recorded, “I’m not supposed to say anything naughty?” Throughout our time together, it was sometimes difficult to understand what the 36-year-old actress meant, as nearly every answer was preceded by a pause and then a giggle.
However, it soon became clear that Dakota Johnson had spent her entire life in a state of heightened sensory awareness. “When I was little, I was very aware of how fabric felt on my body,” she says. “I like the way my mom dresses, so I want to wear jeans, but I have to wear leggings underneath because I don’t like the way denim feels on my skin.” She’ll pair them with Mary Janes — “because “The Wizard of Oz”— and a floral-embroidered mesh tank top that she found “very trendy” and wore sunglasses because her mother, Melanie Griffith, wears them. “I look like a madman.”
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This sensitivity stayed with her into adulthood. “I said to Kate [Young, her stylist]: No turtlenecks, no mohair,” she added. “It would get stuck in my mouth. ” In fact, it was the complete absence of fabric that attracted the look she wore at Alessandro Michele’s Spring 2026 Haute Couture show for Valentino: feathered cuffs, square shoulders, matelassé shoulders, paired with a bow-tied leopard-print blouse, tucked into lace mini-shorts, paired with floral-embroidered tights and metal pointed ankle straps, stiletto Rockstud — these are, The queen wears prada Or not, will be one thing again – a pump. “No pair of pants feels like home to me,” she said, to another burst of laughter from her team. “Alessandro was one of the most beloved people in my life. I loved following his creative genius, I loved watching his mind and heart work, and I am honored to be on this journey with him.”
