What You Missed: Sunday, Oct 25

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What do a 100-year homecoming, 13 resurrected perfumes and a birthday party with Hermès bags as favors have in common? They all happened in the last 24 hours. Here is what moved in fashion and luxury from Saturday morning to Sunday morning, Oct 25, 2026. Every item is checked against its source and linked.

Top photo: Courtesy of Ferragamo, via WWD. Ferragamo’s renovated flagship at 357 N. Rodeo Drive.

The Maisons: Ferragamo Comes Home

Ferragamo’s Rodeo homecoming dinner

Ferragamo toasted its renovated Rodeo Drive flagship, reopened this summer, with a 50-person dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge, hosted by chairman Leonardo Ferragamo and creative director Maximilian Davis. Gabrielle Union, Andrew Garfield, Gemma Chan, Tracee Ellis Ross and Tinashe were on the list. “Los Angeles is a part of Ferragamo’s story,” Davis told Vogue. Source: Vogue

Dior brings 13 lost perfumes back

Francis Kurkdjian spent four years restoring 13 Dior heritage scents for the Dioriginals collection, from Diorissimo and Dune to Dolce Vita and Forever and Ever. Every formula had to be reworked to meet regulations by January 2027. His description: “It’s the opposite of a facelift.” Source: Harper’s Bazaar

Lange’s 50-piece platinum flex

A. Lange & Söhne marked 20 years of the Datograph Perpetual with a 50-piece edition in a 41mm platinum case and bracelet. The black dial carries 11 hand-applied baguette diamonds, and the 556-part hand-wound movement is assembled twice by hand. Price is on request through the brand. Source: Hypebeast

Why it matters for LA: Ferragamo just told Beverly Hills it is the house’s origin story, not a branch office. Expect the Rodeo store to become a go-to stop for red-carpet pulls this awards season.

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Said Out Loud: Leaders on the Record

DVF: “Fear is not an option”

Diane von Furstenberg accepted the 2026 Couture Council Award at Gotham Hall, presented by New York Times critic Vanessa Friedman, who called her a “force of nature.” Von Furstenberg’s line of the day was about her mother: “My mother taught me two things: fear is not an option, and no matter what, never be a victim.” Source: Vogue

Drake turns 40 at Casa Cipriani

Drake hosted more than 400 guests in New York, and People reported they were gifted Chanel and Hermès bags. He wore a one-of-one diamond Rolex Daytona engraved “Freeze the World,” the Backstreet Boys performed, and his toast was simple: “Tonight is just about being alive, staying alive.” Source: Vogue

Ferrari’s CEO gives Tesla a 10

At a Quattroruote conference, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna rated the redesigned Tesla Roadster 10 out of 10. “As a European, thank you for showing us how that, even in an old world, you can still innovate and dare,” he said, adding, “We have to keep dreaming.” Source: Motor1

Why it matters for LA: When the boss of Ferrari praises a rival out loud, the status-car conversation is shifting. Watch for it on the Sunset Strip, where supercars and EVs already share the valet line.

Drops & Collabs

Drake’s birthday scent hits OVO stores

Better World Fragrance House and OVO officially launched the DoSayDo eau de parfum on Oct 24 in OVO stores and online, in a 100 mL crimson glass globe bottle. Top notes include passion fruit and a white wine spritz over a base of cognac, white cedarwood and roasted tonka. Source: Hypebeast

NEEDLES x Pendleton, first time ever

NEEDLES and Pendleton released their first collaboration, a six-piece capsule cut from Pendleton’s plaids and wool. The archival-pattern coat is the statement piece, alongside a boxy shirt, an elbow-patched jacket, plaid trousers and two sweaters. It is sold through Nepenthes stores and online. Source: Hypebeast

White Mountaineering x Alpha Industries

The pair’s third collaboration splices three military classics, the N-3B, MA-1 and CWU-45P, into two hybrid jackets with water-repellent shells and WINDSTOPPER linings. It drops Oct 31 through White Mountaineering and select stockists in Japan. Source: Hypebeast

Why it matters for LA: Heritage fabric plus a cult label is the formula of the week. Fairfax resellers will be hunting the NEEDLES coat first.

Fashion x Superintelligence

Shopping agents can now check out on Shopify

Shopify’s Shop MCP lets outside shopping agents search more than 1 billion catalog products, build carts and move shoppers to checkout through Shop Pay. By default, shoppers approve every purchase, and an optional setting lets an agent pay within a budget the shopper sets. Source: Tech Help Canada

Why it matters for LA: Most LA boutiques run on Shopify. If your product titles, sizes and photos are thin, a shopping agent will recommend the store down the street instead.

LA Front Row

Chappell Roan’s Jimmy Choos at the Shrine

Chappell Roan played two nights at the Shrine Auditorium for the Super Graphic Spectacular, wearing champagne metallic Jimmy Choo Vanessa pumps with a moss-green embroidered duster. The shows marked one year of her Midwest Princess Project, which WWD says has raised more than $800,000 for LGBTQ+ and trans youth. Source: WWD

Why it matters for LA: The Shrine is fast becoming LA’s runway for pop stars, and a lace-up metallic pump is the Halloween-weekend shoe to copy.

Runway Magazine Watch

Nothing new we could date

Runway Magazine posted no story we could date inside this window. Its homepage leads with its Summer 2026 edition and a Kids-Tokei Finalists feature, followed by the Dior Cruise 2027 campaign we covered earlier this week. Source: Runway Magazine

Why it matters for LA: A quiet day for the magazine. We will flag its next LA story the morning it lands.

Go deeper

Four of today’s biggest stories, with full sourcing, what creators are saying, and what each one means for you in LA.

• Drake’s 40th: Hermès Bags as Party Favors, a $1 Million Game and a Birthday Scent: Designer bags as party favors, a $1 million game segment and an OVO scent: what is confirmed from Drake’s 40th.
• Dior Brought Back 13 Classic Perfumes. Here’s Which to Smell First: What is in Dior’s 13-scent Dioriginals revival, what creators think, and how to test before you buy.
• Ferragamo’s 100-Year Homecoming on Rodeo Drive: What to See at 357 N. Rodeo: What changed at 357 N. Rodeo, why the 100-year story matters, and how to plan a visit.
• Chappell Roan’s Shrine Takeover: The Looks, the Guests and the $800,000 Cause: The Jimmy Choos, the surprise guests and the $800,000 cause behind two nights at the Shrine.

Tips

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