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IF ANYONE CAN MAKE RATTAN hot, it’s Alexander Skarsgård . The actor’s latest film project, about a craftsman who creates a wicker husband (Skarsgård) for a lonely woman (played by Olivia Colman), has been an unlikely hit since its release in theaters last week. But basket weave isn’t the only material Skarsgård’s rocking—he’s been killing it on the red carpet lately, too.

There was the gold Saint Laurent suit earlier this month at the BFI London Film Festival, the sick Chopova Lowena skirt to promote Wicker at the Los Angeles premiere last week, and the head-to-toe Valentino outfit he wore at the house’s show during Paris Fashion Week. It seems there’s nothing Alexander Skarsgård can’t infuse with his unique brand of Swedish swag.

Shop the new Valentino Vendetta fragrance.

So, it should come as no surprise when Valentino tapped the 50-year-old star as one of the faces of its brand-new fragrance pillar , Vendetta (alongside Dakota Johnson for the women’s version).…