Whether you work in fashion or are just an overly enthusiastic fan of the medium, the month of May can only mean one thing – it’s Met Gala season. For those who don’t understand what all of the sartorial hubbub is about, this is essentially the biggest couture party of the year where celebs and designers get together ostensibly to celebrate The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest Costume Institute exhibit, but really to show one another up in their custom, otherworldly gowns on the red carpet. And this year the black tie fête should be even more over-the-top than usual as these A-listers prepare themselves to honor Comme des Garçons Creative Director Rei Kawakubo. If that name leaves you scratching your head in confusion, you’re not the only one. Allow us to explain why this exhibit and its gala red carpet is set to be unlike any other you’ve ever seen.

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As Pretty Little Liars winds down, Shay Mitchell‘s career is only just heating up. The actress not only has a spooky new film poised to hit theaters in the coming year, but she’s also just launched seven eyeshadow palettes in collaboration with Smashbox as part of her role as ambassador for the makeup brand, and has also teamed up with Songa Designs International to support their line of jewelry entirely produced by women in Rwanda. Recently, Mitchell traveled to Africa in order to meetwith the female artisans behind the brand – and squeezed in a cover interview and photo shoot for Modeliste Magazine while she was there.

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By now, anyone even cursorily aware of TV’s premiere reality stars could tell you that the Kardashian-Jenner family are huge fans of everything nude. Whether they’re wearing them, posting them, or simply imploring their fans to send them via Kimoji, it seems there’s no look too skin-baring or over-exposed for this group of high-profile ladies. A fact Kylie Jenner paid testament to over the weekend in a series of barely there and flesh-tone fashion looks

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In case there was ever any doubt in your mind, it now seems safe to say that Bella Hadid has officially made it into the inner sanctum of universally confirmed supermodels. While her sister Gigi and BFF Kendall Jenner may have had to weather the are-they/aren’t-they maelstrom over their fact-paced rise to fashion world stardom, Bella seems to have skipped right over that segment of her career, jumping straight into the world of beauty campaigns, product endorsements, and of course, the almighty collaboration collection. The latter of which she’s working on with the super high-end jewelry and clothing purveyor Chrome Hearts, celebrating her line’s official launch at a party during Paris Fashion Week appropriately clad in head-to-toe leather, chains, and diamonds.

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