Anne Hathaway's wedding dress to be designed by Valentino Anne Hathaway has lured designer Valentino out of retirement to design her wedding dress for her upcoming nuptials. Four years into his retirement and Valentino is already getting itchy feet: fresh off from designing costumes for the New York City Ballet, which were debuted at a gala in his honour at the Lincoln Center last night, the perma-mahoganied maestro will be creating Anne Hathaway's wedding dress. READ: Valentino's New York City Ballet costumes take to the stage The 80-year-old fashion great told E! that he "did the dress" for Hathaway's upcoming wedding to Adam Shulman. She's a very good friend of mine...She's like my daughter. She's sensational. She's fantastic. The Dark Knight Rises actress, 29, has been buddy-buddy with Valentino for yonks, and often acts as his plus-one on the red carpet (and tan enhancer: standing next to him, her milky white skin seems to deepen his sun-snogged complexion ten-fold). Last night, she attended the performance wearing a carpet-sweeping floral Valentino gown, designed by the house's current raves-winning creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli (below). READ: A tale of two skintones at Valentino's 'White Fairytale Love Ball' It's turning out to be a Valentino-tastic year, as there will also be a retrospective landing at Somerset House at the end of November. 'Valentino: Master of Couture' will show his back catalogue of frocks curated from the wardrobes Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, Jackie O et al . READ: The Last Emperor strikes back: Valentino retrospective heading for Somerset House Anne Hathaway in Valentino at the New York City Ballet gala at the Lincoln Center on Thursday night Photo: Getty