What You Missed: The Last 24 Hours on the Runway

LOS ANGELES — Busy day? Same. Here’s everything the runway, the beauty counter and the group chat did in the last 24 hours, with receipts.

1. Dua Lipa went to the opera in next season

Monday night at the Met Opera premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo, Dua Lipa skipped the archive and went straight to the future: one of the final looks from Maximilian Davis’s spring 2027 Ferragamo collection, a black off-the-shoulder gown in shimmering paillettes with a theatrical train, worn with the runway’s own black pumps. She is not the only one shopping that collection early. Sarah Paulson wore Davis’s bronze finale look to the 2026 Academy Museum Gala over the weekend (Vogue).

The plot twist: the red carpet is loving Ferragamo more than the spreadsheet is. The house reported nine-month sales of €675 million, down 2.8%, with third-quarter revenue down 6.2% (Modaes). Gowns are a hot ticket; the earnings call is a cooler one.

2. The Victoria’s Secret show will not leave the group chat

Two days later, it’s still everywhere. JADE’s debut single “Angel of My Dreams,” which played while Kylie Jenner walked in the $50 million Fantasy Bra, saw a reported 2,049% spike in streams. JADE posted a video joking that nobody on her Tube carriage knew (The Celeb Post).

TikTok hasn’t moved on either. On Tokchart’s fastest-growing hashtags list, comparing this week with last week:

• #victoriassecretfashionshow: 661 videos, up from 74 (+793%), about 73 million views this week.
• #vsfashionshow, the official tag: 588 videos (+561%), about 120 million views.
• #vsfs2026: 104 videos, up from 7 (+1,386%).
• #housewifetatemcrae: 79 videos, up from 2 (+3,850%). Tate McRae performed “Housewife” at the show.
• #barbarapalvin: 147 videos (+765%), about 41 million views.
• And for the other big LA night of the weekend, #academymuseumgala: 155 videos, up from 1 (+15,400%), about 25 million views.

Trackers only count the videos they index, so read these as direction, not a census.

3. The backstage receipts

The beauty credits are in, and they’re very glam. Hair lead Guido Palau built the bouncy blowouts with sky-high rollers, extensions, L’Oréal Paris Elnett and two Color Wow products. Dame Pat McGrath, back for a second year as makeup lead, went for luminous layered skin, shimmer and big lashes, with a soft liner smudged out under the shadow and glossy lips (Harper’s Bazaar).

Nails had two moods. Megan Moroney’s manicurist Zola Ganzorigt painted a “VS Angel Mani” in OPI: a pink base, the brand’s signature stripes and hand-painted chrome angel wings (Byrdie). On the runway, long, rounded “cashmere” nails, a blush nude with a pearly sheen, showed up on Anok Yai, Iris Law and Ashley Graham (Women.com). Short nails, we’ll call you.

And the skin was prepped like it was going to war. WWD reported Tuesday that facialists Mimi Luzon, Keren Bartov and LA-based Shani Darden worked the VS cast and the Academy Museum Gala crowd with radiofrequency devices, LED, microcurrent and, for most of Luzon’s clients, a 24-karat gold mask. “It’s really important that we don’t have any downtime,” Luzon told WWD.

4. The after-party went to Chateau Marmont

The official VS after-party was at Chateau Marmont, and Bella Hadid arrived in an all-black lace mini, sleek shades and pointed pumps. Vogue read it as a nod to Britney Spears at the 2001 MTV VMAs and, with Halloween coming, a reminder that iconic red carpet looks make excellent costumes. We’re not saying go as the Björk swan. Vogue is.

5. Musical chairs, luxury edition

Three big design jobs are open at once. In the last fortnight Anthony Vaccarello ended his 10-year run at Saint Laurent, Veronica Leoni left Calvin Klein Collection after four seasons, and Seán McGirr left McQueen after three years. Kering says Saint Laurent and McQueen will “soon announce” new creative leadership; no successors have been named (Drapers). Start your fantasy drafts.

6. Luxury is on high alert in Europe

Not gossip, but you should know: hundreds of stores have been looted in Paris and other French cities on the sidelines of protests, including Saint Laurent, Celine, Dior and Louis Vuitton. On Tuesday the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, which runs Paris Fashion Week, said it “expresses its full support for its members.” Some Milan stores have shuttered ahead of planned protests there (Vogue).

7. Gap x Victoria Beckham, round two

Gap and Victoria Beckham dropped their second collection Tuesday: 37 pieces of cashmere, merino and Gap’s CashSoft knits, statement outerwear, tailoring and new Gap denim (WWD). Posh, but make it the mall.

8. New on the beauty shelf

• Dose (Of) Derm. Dermatologist Sheila Farhang, who practices in Tucson and Beverly Hills, launched a rare dermatologist-founded makeup brand Tuesday, starting with one product: a $68 All-in-One Clinical Foundation in six shades with mineral SPF 45 (Beauty Independent).
• Haeze. Brand incubator Very Great is entering beauty with a fragrance line codeveloped with Target, launching Nov. 1: five layerable scents, a $49 eau de parfum and a $20 solid that doubles as a bag charm. Its creative director, Andy Anderson, is based in Los Angeles (WWD).

9. Around the world in one scroll

• Melbourne. Melbourne Fashion Week opened Monday at the National Gallery of Victoria with the all-Indigenous ganbu marra runway, styled by Lindyn Rowland, with designers including Van Ermel Scherer, Rowland Vision and Saretta The Label (National Indigenous Times).
• Seoul. EXO’s Kai turned up at YSL Beauty’s Holiday Show pop-up at The Hyundai Seoul on Tuesday. The pop-up runs through Oct. 25 (CBC Globe).
• The receipts on fashion month. Onclusive’s final SS27 report, out Tuesday, counted 30 million mentions: Paris alone drew 21.2 million social mentions, Dior took 21.5% of brand social share of voice, and Thai star Lingling Kwong led celebrity conversation with 18.75% (Onclusive).
• Throwback of the day. A clip of Naomi Campbell walking Esteban Cortazar’s fall 2003 show was trending on X (X).

The products and brands in today’s stories

Everything that got a name-check in the stories above, linked to the brand and to the outlet that reported it. None of these links are paid or affiliate links.

• Jacob & Co.: the $50 million Fantasy Bra: 4,410 natural diamonds around a 75.54-carat Fancy Vivid yellow diamond (Vogue)
• Pat McGrath Labs: PermaGel Ultra Glide Eye Pencil, smudged under the shimmer at Victoria’s Secret (Harper’s Bazaar)
• L’Oréal Paris: Elnett hairspray, Guido Palau’s backstage staple (Harper’s Bazaar)
• Color Wow: Dream Coat Supernatural spray and Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer (Harper’s Bazaar)
• OPI: GelColor in Bubble Bath and Mod About You, plus Chrome Effects in Chrome to Mama, for Megan Moroney’s “VS Angel Mani” (Byrdie)
• Olive & June: Long Lasting Nail Polish in Cookie Swap, suggested for the cashmere-nail look (Women.com)
• Londontown: Starry Chrome Glaze, suggested as a cashmere-nail topper (Women.com)
• Shani Darden Skin Care: Triple Acid Signature Peel, from the LA facialist who prepped Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Irina Shayk and Ashley Graham (WWD)
• Mimi Luzon: 24-karat gold mask and the new Exogold formula (WWD)
• Keren Bartov: Booster Peel & Glow Serum (WWD)
• Ferragamo: Maximilian Davis’s spring 2027 paillette gowns (Dua Lipa, Sarah Paulson) (Vogue)
• Gap x Victoria Beckham: the 37-piece fall 2026 collection (WWD)
• Dose (Of) Derm: All-in-One Clinical Foundation, $68, six shades, mineral SPF 45 (Beauty Independent)
• Haeze: five layerable scents: $49 eau de parfum, $25 mist, $20 solid, $10 candle (Target, Nov. 1) (WWD)
• YSL Beauty: the Holiday 2026 collection, launched with a Seoul pop-up (CBC Globe)

Our take

The fun stuff and the serious stuff landed on the same day: gowns from a season that doesn’t exist yet, a song that went viral two years after release, and real stores boarded up in Paris and Milan. That’s fashion in 2026. We’ll keep watching LA. Catch up on our own runway coverage in the full Bureau Fashion Week LA archive, and on our Victoria’s Secret week: the Fantasy Bra and the stock bump and the TikTok tags.

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